Guilherme Smith’s two goals lift Union St. Gilloise to provisional Europa League summit
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Guilherme Smith scored at 60' and 81' as Union St. Gilloise defeated Hapoel Beer Sheva 4-0, moving provisionally to #1 on 7 points while Hapoel remained on 1 point.
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Smith strikes twice as Union pull clear
Union St. Gilloise beat Hapoel Beer Sheva 4-0 in the UEFA Europa League League Stage - 3 at Merkur Spielarena, moving provisionally to #1 on 7 points after 3 games. Guilherme Smith scored twice after half-time, turning Union’s 1-0 interval lead into a convincing win.
Raul Florucz opened the scoring at 45' with a penalty, making it 1-0. Smith doubled the lead at 60', assisted by Relebohile Mofokeng, for 2-0. Dylan Aquino made it 3-0 at 77', before Smith completed the scoring at 81' with Denzel De Roeve’s assistance.
Union’s attacking numbers underline the margin
Union recorded 27 total shots to Hapoel Beer Sheva’s 6, including 14 shots on goal compared with 4. Their expected goals were 2.61 to 0.65, while O. Marciano made 10 saves for Hapoel. Possession was comparatively close, however, with Union on 51% and Hapoel on 49%; both teams attempted 499 total passes.
Hapoel committed 13 fouls, compared with Union’s 6. Nohim Chibani and Kamiel Van De Perre were booked for Union, while Niv·Yehoshua, zahi ahmed and Miguel Vitor received Hapoel’s yellow cards. There were no red cards.
Six-point gap opens in the table
Union went into the game #12 on 4 points, three points ahead of Hapoel Beer Sheva, who were #25 on 1 point. After the result, Union have 7 points and are provisionally #1, while Hapoel remain on 1 point and are provisionally #22. The teams’ gap is now 6 points.
The standout rating went to Guilherme Henriques da Silva Carvalho at 9.6, with 2 goals and 2 key passes. Union’s pre-match form was Win, Draw; Hapoel’s was Draw, Loss.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Juventus | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Benfica | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Bournemouth | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Omonia Nicosia | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Ferencvarosi TC | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8 | Lyon | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
| 9 | Sunderland | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 10 | Olympiakos Piraeus | WW | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sparta Praha | DW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| 12 | Union St. Gilloise | DW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 | Rennes | WD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 14 | Dinamo Zagreb | WD | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 | AC Milan | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 17 | Jagiellonia | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| 18 | OFI | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Torreense | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 20 | AZ Alkmaar | WL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | Red Bull Salzburg | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 22 | Real Sociedad | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | Lillestrom | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 24 | Levski Sofia | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 25 | Hapoel Beer Sheva | LD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 26 | Sturm Graz | LD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 | NEC Nijmegen | DL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 28 | Celta Vigo | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 29 | Anderlecht | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 31 | Plzen | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 32 | Marseille | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 33 | Celtic | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 34 | Ararat-Armenia | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 35 | Celje | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 36 | Lech Poznan | LL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |