Royale Union SG vs LASK Prediction & Betting Tips (26 October)

The last two clubs face each other in Group F of the Europa League: Union Saint-Gilloise hosts LASK Linz. USG is third in the group with only one point in two games, one more than its opponent. It is therefore three points behind Toulouse, second, and five points behind leader Liverpool. Union 60's chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are very low, so they don't have much to lose. The home game against LASK will likely determine who finishes third and transfers to the Conference League. The home side came back into the game against Toulouse to earn a 1-1 draw at home before losing 2-0 at Liverpool. USG currently top the Belgian Jupiler League by four points and won 4-1 at home to Eupen last weekend.

At home, USG has won two of its last five matches. For its part, LASK desperately needs to react in the two confrontations against the Belgian club. They lost their 2 group matches and are already 4 points behind second place. The Austrians took the lead in their first group match against Liverpool, but ended up losing 3-1 at home. They then lost 1-0 at Toulouse, leaving them without a point after two matches. This match will probably be very close and the locals will give everything to give themselves a chance of qualifying.

For this meeting, the experienced striker Guillaume François (33 years old) could be missing (still injured) while boys like the Ecuadorian international, Rodriguez (scorer against Bolivia during the break) was probably spared in the championship against Eupen last weekend while Teklab (5 appearances this season only, rotation) is on the flank. For the rest, the entire group was in combat gear last weekend with notably the crucial ones, Dennis Ayensa (5 goals in 6 games in the league, spared) and Nilsson (6 pawns, double against Saint-Trond recently and scorer last weekend). Very good start to the season for the Algerian international, Amoura (5 goals in the Jupiler League) and scorer with the Fennecs against Cape Verde during the international window. Opposite, LASK had traveled without a group of players to Toulouse and some of them are still in care. This is the case of Anselm (not a match for a long time), of Félix Luckeneder (crucial in the rotation), of Lenny Pintor (ex-Saint-Étienne, Troyes or even Lyon and Brest), his French compatriot who passed through Toulouse in particular, Adil Taoui (injured for a very long time) without forgetting the precious defender Renner (29 matches played last year) or his comrade in the defensive sector Wiesinger (OUT for weeks).

Finally, only the Frenchman, Yannis Letard returned to the pitch but with French Guiana during the break (probably absent from the match sheet this evening). That's a lot less players to prepare for clashes of this caliber for LASK. In terms of good news, Robert Zulj (5 goals this season, only scorer against Salzburg) will be traveling to Belgium alongside Thomas Goiginger (2 goals this year, 4 pawns, 4 pancakes last year) or even the Austrian international hopeful, Elias Havel (2 pawns).