Stumbling Sporting Charleroi are desperate to pull off a surprise when they play hard-driving Antwerp in the next league fixture. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home regulars will have modest expectations.
- Sporting Charleroi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Sporting Charleroi have to build on here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Pro League. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sporting Charleroi after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Sporting Charleroi supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host RWDM and win 2-1. A late climax in the match against RWDM as the winning goal came eleven minutes into overtime; scored by Dragsnes. The gifted forward Mbenza outdid all others in that game and received a match rating of 8.24 out of 10. Mbenza hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Union Saint-Gilloise.Charleroi has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Sporting Charleroi have conceded only 4 goals.
Antwerp form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Antwerp have produced an overall stat of 1-3-1 so far.
Antwerp are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against AS Eupen (placed 13th). Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league matches without victory. Midfield player Vermeeren was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.32/10. Vermeeren scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 54 successful passes (of 58 total).
The match earlier was the Champions League-duel against Shakhtar Donetsk, a home loss (2-3).
A quick return to home after this game, as Antwerp are hosting Porto in the Champions League only four days away.
Antwerp have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Antwerp are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Sporting Charleroi won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Antwerp managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The games between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Janssen 5 goals |   O. Dabbagh 3 goals |  A. Muja 3 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 70% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 40% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| 6.7 | 7.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.3 | 7 | 6.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.7 | 15.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.8 | 15.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 22% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 32% |
| 15.1 | 10.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 13.2 | 9.4 |
| 5.3 | 3.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
- Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Pro League
- Antwerp have the most clean sheets (6) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Gent | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 | Genk | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Standard Liege | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | RWDM | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Westerlo | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 5 |
