Royale Union Saint-Gilloise currently lead the Belgian Pro League, with 29 points after 12 matches, three points above Club Brugge, who have 26 points. David Hubert's side has the best attacking line in the Belgian Pro League, with 22 goals scored and the best defensive record in the league, having...
Born in Haifa, Israel, to an Arab-Israeli family, Anan Khalaily was raised in a footballing environment. His father, Majdi, a former goalkeeper and youth coach, played a central role in his development. At the Neve Yosef Academy, under his father’s guidance, Khalaily burst onto the scene with 25 goals in...
Listen to this article free on the Total Football Analysis podcast. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or RSS. Canada has never been the easiest place for a young footballer to rise through the ranks. Despite some recent improvements, the pathway remains limited, especially for those outside the MLS academy system. But that...
What Is ELO Rating? The 2024/25 UEFA Europa League campaign of 36 clubs presents an intriguing competitive landscape when analyzed based on their current ELO ratings. ELO rating in football is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of teams based on their performance. In this data analysis, ELO...
We’re just a week away from the start of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast. This is one of those international tournaments I’ve been drawn to since a young age. In hindsight, I recall being far more excited than I should’ve been when I heard the...
Since being promoted from the second tier of Belgian football a few years ago, Union Saint-Gilloise have been one of the best teams in Belgium, both to watch and from an on-the-field success perspective. One thing the club owned by Brighton owner Tony Bloom does extremely well is recruit, with...
In what will be the third new manager for Union Saint-Gilloise in the last three seasons, the German coach Alexander Blessin has been appointed as the new manager of the Belgian side, signing a two-year contract and replacing Karel Geraets, who leaves the Brussels side after almost guiding the club...
On this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully and co-host Bryant Marques discuss the rising Nigerian star Victor Boniface who has had a sensational season with Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium. In the verbal scout report, we analyse Boniface’s strengths and weaknesses, his role in USG’s tactics and...
At the end of the 2021/22 campaign, after a magnificent season back in the top flight where they almost won the Belgian Pro League, Felice Mazzù left his post as Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to become manager of Brussels rivals RSC Anderlecht. The Belgian side did not have to look far...
The Right to Dream Academy is a well-known Ghanaian football academy, with FC Nordsjælland one of the key partner clubs. The Danish club pick up many of the players that come out of Right to Dream. Former Nordsjælland players who were signed through the academy include Stade Rennais’s Kamaldeen Sulemana...
When you think of high-quality German strikers, most names that come to mind are Kevin Volland at AS Monaco, Thomas Müller at FC Bayern München, and Timo Werner at Chelsea. However, one German striker that not many football fans have heard of is Deniz Undav, the German marksman for Royale Union...
Royal Union St Gilloise (USG) has made a flying start to life in the Jupiler Pro League; the former champions of Belgian football have returned from the second division to the first and have taken it by storm in the process. Having last won a league title in 1935, despite...
