Slavia Prague vs Union Saint-Gilloise Prediction 8 August 2024

Slavia Praha VS Saint Gilloise        Livescore / H2H Stats
Time: 08-08-2024 00:00 Thursday
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Last season, Slavia finished second in the league, just two points behind Sparta. This season, it looks like the title race will again be between the two Prague teams. After at least three rounds, they are both leading the standings. However, Slavia dropped points in the first round with a 0-0 draw against Slovakia. In other games, they kept clean sheets, beating Dynamo Ceske Budejovice and Slovan Liberec. Notably, Slavia is the only team in the Czech First League that hasn't let in a goal yet. However, they face the next match with a lot of injuries. At least seven players, including Stanek, the main goalkeeper for the Czech national team at Euro 2024, are dealing with health problems.

Saint-Gilloise was just one point short of winning the Belgian championship last season. However, they got their revenge against Brugge by winning the Belgian Super Cup 2-1. This match started the Top League season, where two rounds have already been played. In the first round, Union couldn't beat Dender, ending in a 0-0 draw despite having the upper hand on the field. Last weekend, they beat Beerschot 3-1. During the off-season, the club sold Nilsson, one of their top scorers, to rivals Brugge. They brought in two young strikers to take his place, who will compete for a starting spot.

Goaloo Prediction
Slavia performs exceptionally well at home, so we expect them to produce a lot of attacks, corners, and other strong football metrics. The Czech team hasn’t conceded any goals so far this season, which makes it unlikely for Union Saint-Gilloise to score more than once. Given this, we predict a final score of 2-1 in favor of Slavia.

We believe the guests will score no more than one goal. Meanwhile, Slavia, the match favorite, should score 2-3 goals to secure a comfortable lead before the return game. Therefore, betting on Slavia to score more than 1.5 goals is a solid choice, especially since they’ve achieved this in 15 of their last 16 matches.

Pick: Slavia Prague Total goals Over(1.5)