This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table places so far. Make ready for Sporting Charleroi - Cercle Brugge!
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
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.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games.
Charleroi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at AS Eupen's place. The match ended 2-1 with Marcq and Nkuba scoring. Defender Marcq got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.25/10. Marcq scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Anderlecht (0-1).The manager Mazzù will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Gent in only four days.
The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Cercle Brugge might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Westerlo proved too strong as Cercle Brugge slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Jan Breydelstadion. Until that defeat this club had gained at least a draw from seven league rounds in a row. Somers got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, top player of the team. Somers hit one key pass.
Before that, Cercle travelled to Mechelen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.After this away game Cercle Brugge return home for a Pro League game against Union Saint-Gilloise. That game is only three sleeps after this.
As for defending, Cercle rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other before this campaign: Cercle Brugge - Sporting Charleroi 4-1. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Sporting Charleroi won eight, Cercle Brugge were winners in two and we saw zero draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 7 goals |  A. Denkey 6 goals |   D. Heymans 5 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 74% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 21% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.9 | 11.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 11.1 | 13 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 34% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 37% | 36% |
| 11.1 | 9.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.6 | 11.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.1 |
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Gent | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Sint-Truiden | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | KV Oostende | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
