Match statistics and preview for Pro League: Kortrijk - Sporting Charleroi at Guldensporenstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Guldensporenstadion (9399 seats)

Loyal fans at Guldensporenstadion haven’t celebrated many victories this season, with Kortrijk languishing in the 14th position. The opposing Sporting Charleroi will believe to shield their higher league spot in this match.

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an engrossing match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Kortrijk form and stats

Kortrijk's struggle is real here at Guldensporenstadion with only 13 points collected from 13 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-6. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Kortrijk shared the glory with Zulte-Waregem in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Kadri was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.21 (out of ten) in that game. Kadri scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 8 of 12 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Anderlecht.

Some stats: A review of the 20 latest league games highlights that 15 of them had goals from both sides.

Kortrijk have conceded 24 from these games.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Sporting Charleroi has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Sporting Charleroi have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kouakou Herve Koffi. It's been 333 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

Zorgane scored in Sporting Charleroi's previous match, the home game against Sint-Truiden that ended 1-0. Midfielder Zorgane was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.15. Zorgane scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to KV Oostende.

Charleroi find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Sporting Charleroi have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Charleroi have avoided defeat in the last 8 games (3-5-0) facing Kortrijk.

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the match result Sporting Charleroi - Kortrijk 2-2 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

KortrijkF. Selemani
F. Selemani
8 goals
KortrijkF. Avenatti Dovillabichus
F. Avenatti Dovillabichus
7 goals
Sporting CharleroiD. Heymans
D. Heymans
5 goals

Kortrijk missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kortrijk Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 5 13 27
7 3 0 Won W 3 4 10
6 4 3 Drew D 2 4 6
14 6 2 Lost L 0 5 11
33 13 3 Scored S 8 16 34
50 24 6 Conceded C 4 20 37
96% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 89%
78% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 59%
63% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 59%
44% 46% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 46% 41%
22% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 15%
63% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 56%
19% 15% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 30%
22% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 26%
 
4.4 4.8 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 4.6 4.5
6.5 5.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 4.9
2.5 2.5 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.1 1.9
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 12.5 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 10.4 11.1
3.7 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.5 3.9
33% 23% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 34%
 
17 16.2 16.4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 12.8 11.1
5.1 5.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 5.2 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liège 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 27 12 10 5 47 32 14 7 6 1 29 15 13 5 4 4 18 17 15 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liège 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 27 5 5 17 26 57 13 4 1 8 13 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -31 20
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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