Royale Union SG vs Atalanta Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

Union Saint-Gilloise is in a very unfavorable position to take part in the play-offs in this Champions League. 31st in the ranking with 2 points behind 24th place, the Belgian team must absolutely win this Wednesday while hoping for a string of favorable results from its competitors. The partners of Promise David obtained their two victories on the lawns of PSV 1-3 and Galatasaray 0-1. Otherwise, they suffered the law of Newcastle 0-4, Inter 0-4, Atlético Madrid 3-1, OM 2-3 and Bayern Munich last week 2-0. On the national scene, the club based in Saint-Gilles takes the lead in its championship with 3 units ahead of its runner-up. After a string of five games without a setback, 2 wins and 3 draws, USG traveled to poorly ranked Louvain this coming weekend. Already assured of qualifying at least for the play-offs, Atalanta now occupies 13th place in the Champions League with the same number of points as 8th, which will go directly to the round of 16.

The Bergamasques started the competition with a heavy setback suffered in the den of PSG 4-0 before going five games without defeat. Held to a draw at home by Slavia Prague 0-0, they also dominated Club Bruges 2-1, OM 0-1, Frankfurt 0-3 and Chelsea 2-1. La Dea, on the other hand, had a bad operation last week by being surprised, at home, by Bilbao 2-3. In Serie A, Atalanta found the right fuel following the arrival on the bench of Raffaele Palladino in November. After a good run of four games without losing 3 wins and 1 draw, the Bergamo-based team hosted Parma last weekend. 

For Union Saint-Gilloise, we must mention the absences of midfielder Pavlic, winter recruits Zeneli and Biondic as well as the less important Teunckens (goalkeeper) and François (striker), who are not qualified for the Champions League. Added to this is the suspension of the prolific Promise David (9 goals in the league, 2 goals in C1) and the withdrawal of the important striker Rodriguez (7 goals in the league). On the other hand, recent African champion with Senegal, Ousseynou Niang (2 goals and 3 assists in the league) is available again. The offensive sector is still very diminished and should rely heavily on the Austrian Florucz (7 goals and 3 assists in the league) and the Ghanaian Fuseini, who recently returned from injury. Note the presence of the excellent Israeli right-back Khalaili (2 goals in the league, 2 goals in C1). Atalanta are still without long-missing defender Bakker, who is injured.

Furthermore, arriving in Bergamo this winter, the Italian international Raspadori is not qualified for the Champions League. On the flank since the beginning of December, the excellent right back Bellanova is announced as doubtful this week. Against Bilbao, the solid striker Scamacca (5 goals in SA, 2 goals in C1) found the net while his replacement Krstovic (5 goals and 3 assists in SA, 1 goal in C1) also scored after coming on. The Nigerian international Lookman (2 goals in SA, 1 goal and 2 assists in C1) is applying to start this Wednesday as is the Belgian De Ketelaere (3 goals and 2 assists in SA, 2 goals and 2 assists in C1).