Evenly matched teams: Sporting Charleroi vs Anderlecht match preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi and Anderlecht have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. Both teams reside in mid-table positions in the Pro League.

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

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games.

The club members hope that Sporting Charleroi will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Belgian Cup fixture against RFC Seraing.

Heartbreak before that as Sporting Charleroi lost 1-4 at Genk's place.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 latest league games shows that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

Sporting Charleroi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Anderlecht form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Anderlecht so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

The attacking players of Anderlecht have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

Two away matches in a row for Anderlecht, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Genk in the Belgian Cup.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Genk.

Anderlecht have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Anderlecht in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date registered meeting involving both these participants is the Anderlecht - Charleroi 0-1 played not long ago this season. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Sporting Charleroi won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Anderlecht managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtF. Soares Silva
F. Soares Silva
6 goals
Sporting CharleroiD. Heymans
D. Heymans
5 goals
AnderlechtL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
4 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Anderlecht missing players

Sporting Charleroi Anderlecht
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 7 16
6 3 0 Won W 1 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
9 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
22 12 0 Scored S 3 10 25
29 14 1 Conceded C 1 9 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 94%
69% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 69%
69% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 56%
56% 62% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 38%
25% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 19%
69% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 50%
19% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 19%
12% 12% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 38%
 
4 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 6.4
4.8 4.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.1 4.8
1.9 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.4 12 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.6 12.2
3.9 4.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.6
35% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 34%
 
11.4 9.5 5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.6 11.1
4.9 4.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4 3.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Anderlecht have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 15 1 1 45 15 9 8 1 0 25 8 8 7 0 1 20 7 30 46
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 17 11 3 3 35 22 8 5 2 1 13 8 9 6 1 2 22 14 13 36
3 Antwerp 17 11 2 4 30 17 9 7 1 1 20 8 8 4 1 3 10 9 13 35
4 Club Brugge 17 10 3 4 34 20 9 6 2 1 22 10 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 33
5 Gent 17 9 3 5 32 18 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 4 2 3 16 9 14 30
6 Westerlo 17 8 2 7 34 30 8 5 1 2 20 9 9 3 1 5 14 21 4 26
7 Standard Liege 16 8 1 7 24 22 8 4 1 3 14 10 8 4 0 4 10 12 2 25
8 OH Leuven 17 7 4 6 30 26 8 4 1 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 17 15 4 25
9 Cercle Brugge 17 7 4 6 24 24 8 4 3 1 15 8 9 3 1 5 9 16 0 25
10 Sint-Truiden 17 6 5 6 17 19 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 4 3 2 10 9 -2 23
11 Anderlecht 16 6 2 8 25 20 9 4 1 4 15 11 7 2 1 4 10 9 5 20
12 Sporting Charleroi 16 6 1 9 22 29 8 3 1 4 12 14 8 3 0 5 10 15 -7 19
13 Mechelen 16 5 3 8 24 30 9 4 2 3 17 15 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 18
14 KV Oostende 17 5 2 10 20 37 8 4 0 4 11 15 9 1 2 6 9 22 -17 17
15 AS Eupen 17 5 1 11 24 38 8 3 0 5 10 14 9 2 1 6 14 24 -14 16
16 Zulte-Waregem 17 3 4 10 23 40 9 2 1 6 15 28 8 1 3 4 8 12 -17 13
17 Kortrijk 17 3 3 11 14 33 9 1 2 6 5 18 8 2 1 5 9 15 -19 12
18 RFC Seraing 17 3 2 12 16 33 8 0 1 7 3 14 9 3 1 5 13 19 -17 11

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.