Europa League · League phase, matchday 2 Match report

Union St.Gilloise 1-1 Real Sociedad: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Union St.Gilloise

1-1Full time

Real Sociedad

Thursday 15 October 2026, 16:45 UTC King Power at Den Dreef Stadion, Heverlee

Our picks against the result

4 of 12 right

Result Union St.Gilloise win50% 1-1
Double chance Union St.Gilloise or Real Sociedad (12)80% 1-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.556% 2 goals
More corners Union St.Gilloise62% Union St.Gilloise (4-2)
Yellow cards Above average 3 yellow cards · league 3.1
Yellow cards 3 yellow cards 3.5 Over51% 4.5 Under69% 5.5 Under83%
Corners Around average 6 corners · league 10.6
Corners 6 corners 8.5 Over68% 9.5 Over58% 10.5 Under53%

Match stats

Union St.Gilloise Real Sociedad

1 Goals 1
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
4 Corners 2

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Union St.Gilloise vs Real Sociedad comes on matchday two of the Europa League league phase, on Thursday 15 October 2026, and our model goes for a Union St.Gilloise win, with the double chance taken without the draw.

Why this pick?

Our model sides with Union St.Gilloise chiefly because our strength rating puts them slightly ahead of Real Sociedad and clearly above the Europa League average. The one thing that tempers it is Real Sociedad's attack, rated higher than Union's, and a run in which they have been scoring three goals a game. Union's last five matches answer that threat: they create clearly more shots, big chances and touches in the opposition box than the league average, while giving up few big chances at the other end. On a neutral ground, with no previous meetings to lean on, the call is a moderate one.

Form guide

Union St.Gilloise

D 1-1 vs OH Leuven (H) Belgian Pro League · 11 Oct
W 2-0 at Royal Antwerp (A) Belgian Pro League · 20 Sep
W 3-0 at Viktoria Plzeň (A) Europa League · 17 Sep
W 5-0 vs Lommel (H) Belgian Pro League · 12 Sep
W 3-2 at Sporting Charleroi (A) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep

Real Sociedad

W 3-2 vs Deportivo A Coruña (H) LaLiga · 11 Oct
W 3-2 at Valencia (A) LaLiga · 20 Sep
L 1-2 vs AFC Bournemouth (H) Europa League · 17 Sep
L 0-3 vs Atlético Madrid (H) LaLiga · 13 Sep
W 3-2 at Elche (A) LaLiga · 7 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Union St.GilloiseReal Sociedad

Attack 69 74 3.0 goals per match this season1.0 goals per match this season

Defence 100 60 0.0 conceded per match this season2.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Europa League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.