Champions League Matchday 3: Union Saint-Gilloise vs Inter facts

Union Saint-Gilloise will look to regroup following a heavy defeat in their first home UEFA Champions League match as last season's finalists Inter visit Belgium.

Last match

This is the clubs' first fixture.

Union SG's only previous match against an Italian team was a 1-1 draw at home to Roma on Matchday 4 of last season's UEFA Europa League.

Inter have won their last three matches against Belgian teams, most recently beating Anderlecht 3-1 away and 3-0 at home in the 2004/05 Champions League group stage.

That made it four victories in Inter's eight games against clubs from Belgium (D2 L2), although the success in Brussels was their first in Belgium on their fourth visit (D1 L2).

Union SG

Union SG were Belgian champions in 2024/25, their 12th title overall and a first since 1934/35.

This is Union SG's debut in the Champions League proper. They are the eighth Belgian team to appear.

Les Unionistes featured in the Europa League group stage/league phase in each of the last three seasons. In 2024/25 they were 21st in the league phase before losing 2-3 on aggregate to Ajax in the knockout phase play-offs.

The Belgian side appointed David Hubert as coach on 13 October, Sébastien Pocognoli having departed for Monaco the previous day.

Inter

This is the Nerazzurri's 19th appearance in the Champions League, and an eighth in succession.

Inter reached a second final in three seasons in 2024/25, but went down 0-5 against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich – the biggest final defeat in European Cup history.

Key stats

A 0-4 defeat by Newcastle on Matchday 2 ended Union SG's seven-match unbeaten run in home group stage/league phase matches in Europe (W4 D3).

Only two of Union SG's 38 European matches have finished goalless.

Union SG need two goals to reach 50 in UEFA competition.

Inter have lost only one of their last 16 group stage/league phase games (W11 D4). They have won eight of the last nine (L1), most recently 3-0 at home to Slavia Praha on Matchday 2.

The Nerazzurri have lost only one of their last eight away games in the Champions League group stage/league phase (W4 D3), winning 2-0 at Ajax on Matchday 1.

The Milan club have kept ten clean sheets in their last 11 group stage/league phase fixtures.

Lautaro Martínez has ten goals in his last nine Champions League appearances.

Alessandro Bastoni has made 49 appearances in the Champions League proper.