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- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charleroi and Mechelen.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sporting Charleroi so far this season.
The fans hope that Sporting Charleroi will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 1-4 away defeat in the Belgian Cup fixture against RFC Seraing.
Prior to that, an away loss at Genk in the Pro League.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Charleroi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them had goals from both sides.
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.
Mechelen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mechelen so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Defour, the Mechelen manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Two away games in a row for Mechelen, whose coach Defour could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Lokeren-Temse.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mechelen playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 Mechelen wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The Mechelen manager Defour has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Sporting Charleroi wins - draws - Mechelen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Heymans 5 goals |   R. Schoofs 5 goals |  G. Hairemans 4 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 22 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 75% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 69% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 6.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 12 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.6 | 12.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 |
| 35% | 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 32% | 35% |
| 11.4 | 9.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 14.3 | 11.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
- Mechelen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mechelen have the fewest points (4) away in Pro League
- Mechelen have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Pro League
- Mechelen 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 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 43 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 7 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | Westerlo | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 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 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Kortrijk | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
