Ajax vs Union Saint-Gilloise Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Ajax enter this game as firm favourites as they are in red-hot form, having won all of their last five matches, which included impressive wins over the likes of Galatasaray and Feyenoord.

The Amsterdam club come into the second leg as firm favourites, having deservedly beaten Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0 in the first leg. Ajax have a very strong home record, with their only defeats at the Johan Cruijff Arena across all competitions coming in the Second Qualifying Round to Panathinaikos and Lazio on matchday six of the Group Stage.

On top of this, Union Saint-Gilloise have struggled away from home in the Europa League, as they suffered defeats to the likes of Fenerbahçe, Midtjylland and Rangers - they have scored in three of their last four Europa League away days, so expect the Both Teams to Score market to land here.

Prediction: Ajax 2-1 Union Saint-Gilloise

Ajax hosts Union Saint-Gilloise in the second leg of their Europa League Round of 32 tie.

Date: 20/02/2025

Location: Johan Cruijff Arena

Time: 8pm

Francesco Farioli’s men earned a solid 2-0 win in the first leg in Belgium, as goals by Christian Rasmussen and Jorthy Mokio settled the outcome of that game.

The Dutch Eredivisie outfit are having a superb campaign, as they are top of the standings with 54 points from 22 matches having won 17 and drawn three, seeing them sit two points clear of PSV with a game in hand. This is seen as a major overachievement by Ajax, as last season they finished fifth with just 56 points to their name. The only blot on their copybook this campaign was their early exit in the KNVB Cup having suffered a 2-0 defeat to AZ Alkmaar in the Round of 16.

In the Europa League, Ajax earned a solid 12th-place finish in the Group Stage, as they accumulated 13 points from eight matches, having had a quick start following wins over Besiktas (4-0), Qarabag (3-0) and Maccabi Tel-Aviv (5-0) while drawing 1-1 at Slavia Prague. In their last four Group Stage matches, they suffered defeats to Real Sociedad (2-0), Lazio (3-1) and RFS (1-0) before a vital 2-1 home win against Galatasaray.

On the other hand, Union Saint-Gilloise scraped through the Group Stage with 11 points from eight matches, as they actually started off their European campaign slowly following defeats to Fenerbahce (2-1) and Midtjylland (1-0) while drawing with Bodo/Glimt (0-0) and AS Roma (1-1). After those games, Sebsatien Pocognoli’s men earned three wins in a row over FC Twente (1-0), Nice (2-1) and Sporting Braga (2-1) before losing 2-1 to Rangers on matchday eight.

Union Saint-Gilloise are having a solid campaign to date in the Belgian Pro League, as they are third in the table with 46 points from 26 matches, seeing them sit 14 adrift of league leaders Genk, as well as 11 clear of seventh-place Standard Liege, meaning that they will be competing in the Championship Round barring a drastic collapse. As far as the Belgian Cup goes, they were thrashed 5-1 by Royal Antwerp in the quarter-final, however, they did manage to win the Belgian Super Cup against Club Brugge (2-1) back in July.

Ajax versus Union Saint-Gilloise will be shown live on TNT Sports 5 to UK subscribers.

Ajax

Ajax could be without up to seven players for their home match against Union Saint-Gilloise, as the likes of Youri Baas, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Owen Wijndal, Youri Regeer, Kenneth Taylor, Branco van den Boomen and Wout Weghorst are all injury doubts.

Union Saint-Gilloise

The visitors are only set to have two absentees, as Alessio Castro-Montes and Kamiel Van De Perre are both recovering from injuries.

Ajax

As previously mentioned, Ajax are in excellent form, as they’ve won all of their last five matches, following victories over Galatasaray (2-1), Feyenoord (2-1), Fortuna Sittard (2-0), Union Saint-Gilloise (2-0) and Heracles (4-0).

In their last outing against Heracles, Mika Godts, Brian Brobbey, Oliver Valaker Edvardsen and Davy Klaassen all got on the scoresheet.

Union Saint-Gilloise

Union enter this match on a two-game losing streak, as after their 2-0 loss at home to Ajax, they were beaten 1-0 by Mechelen.

Prior to those matches, Pocognoli’s men had beaten both Kortrijk and Sint-Truiden via 2-1 scorelines after a 2-1 away loss to Rangers.

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