Union SG vs Anderlecht — Belgian Pro League result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Belgian Pro League·Sunday, 30 August 2026·16:30

Union SG

3 – 0

Union SGExpected goalsAnderlecht
1.74 xG1.06 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 8.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Union SG

56%

pick · result

Draw

25%

Anderlecht

19%

Final score

3–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave an Union SG win 56.0% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Union SG win. Expected goals 1.74–1.06 against 3–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals53%3 scored
Both teams score56%no
Union SG clean sheet35%yes
Anderlecht clean sheet16%no
Union SG score 2+54%yes
Anderlecht score 2+28%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1152
1X2 Brier score0.2912
Probability on the result56.0%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 2–1 (12.1%), 1–1 (11.7%), 1–0 (11.4%). It finished 3–0.

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Union SG

2 SeptAvs St Truiden3–0W
30 AugHvs Anderlecht3–0W

Anderlecht

30 AugAvs Union SG0–3L
9 AugHvs RAAL La Louviere2–1W
16 AugAvs Beveren0–1L
30 AugAvs St. Gilloise0–3L
3 SeptHvs Kortrijk1–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatUnion SG
(Home · no matches)
Anderlecht
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate—0.0%
Over 2.5 rate—33.3%
Clean sheet—33.3%
Avg goals—1.67

Home stats use Union SG's home record; away stats use Anderlecht's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.