Royal Union vs Antwerp prediction and betting tips on May 9, 2024
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Game Prediction
Royal Union and Antwerp will play the decisive match at the King Baudouin in the final of the Belgian Cup on May 9, 2024. The winner of the “golden double” risks being left without access to the European competitions. Blessin’s wards are fighting hard against two rivals for the championship.
Key statistics and trends:
- Union plays spectacularly both when it lost and when it won in the previous rounds – the opponents scored at least 3 goals.
- Antwerp has not lost since the end of March, only Cercle Brugge defeated it.
- The most popular score between clubs is a 1-1 draw (4 times)
- Saint-Gilloise wins first half in 47% of matches, Antwerp – in 37% of the games.
Royal Union – the shape of the team and its analysis: the club is trying to regain lost positions
“Les Unionistes” confidently won the regular season. Still, dividing the points in half and 4 defeats in a row cost the leadership – Anderlecht and Brugge appeared ahead of the team. It had to switch to catch-up status, and it worked out better: Antwerp was beaten twice very confidently (3-0 and 4-1). Speaking about the confrontation with Anderlecht, everything ended up with a goalless draw.
Antwerp – the shape of the team and its analysis: everything went wrong
“The Great Old Ones” still formally remain the owner of the “golden double”, which was taken by Van Bommel in 2023. As a result, the club, after the summer break, also added the Super Cup and made the debut at the group stage of the Champions League. It is reasonable to mention that there were fewer and fewer reasons for joy towards the end of the season. If it finished the regular cycle at least third, then it dropped to 6th position, losing the vast majority of matches, in the “champion pool”. Speaking about the previous round, against Brugge, the team fought, but lost with a 1-2 result with an own goal scored by Alderweireld.
Royal Union: team news
Only Leysen can be out of the game.
Antwerp: team news
Butez and Engels will definitely miss the fight; the performance of Ondrejka and Valencia is under question.
Royal Union vs Antwerp: possible starting line-up
Royal Union (possible line-up): Moris – Machida, Burgess, Mac Allister – Teklab, Puertas, Vanhoutte, Lazare, Sadiki – Nilsson, Amoura.
Antwerp (possible line-up): Lammens – Wijndal, Alderweireld, van den Bosch, de Laet – Keita, Yusuf, Balikwisha, Ekkelenkamp, Kerk – Janssen.
Previous head-to-head matches
The club from Saint-Gilloise defeated its opponent twice with a total score of 7-1 after 3 productive draws in a row, at the end of April.
Free prediction for the match Royal Union vs Antwerp on May 9:
The question here is not who is stronger, but who is worse. The nominal hosts don’t look as hopeless as the winner of the “double” so far. We bet on Blessin’s wards to win (odd: 1.94).