This is match day, this is Pro League and this is Sporting Charleroi - Westerlo. Check out our complete guide!
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Westerlo have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) 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, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sporting Charleroi have to build on here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Pro League.
Sporting Charleroi lost their last game at OH Leuven (placed 4th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Heymans, who usually features in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 7.74 (out of 10). Heymans scored one goal.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gent in a game that was won 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Charleroi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Charleroi as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Sporting Charleroi has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Sporting Charleroi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi with 7 goals in 4 league matches.
Westerlo form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (12) away in Pro League, are W0-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. It's all red in the travel logs of Westerlo, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Vetokele and Akbunar scored in Westerlo's previous match, the home game against Anderlecht that ended 2-1. That win felt good as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Akbunar came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Anderlecht last time out, making the manager Roeck feel like a tactical genius. Cuyper, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.82. Cuyper signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Antwerp's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Westerlo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Westerlo, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Westerlo have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Charleroi have won every one of the 4 latest matches against this opponent. Something to take note of?Top Goalscorers
  I. Vetokele 4 goals |   R. Morioka 2 goals |  D. Heymans 2 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Westerlo missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Westerlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.8 | 13.1 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 11.1 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 3.8 |
- All of Sporting Charleroi's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Westerlo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting Charleroi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Westerlo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Westerlo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Westerlo have lost all their away matches so far.
- Westerlo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Westerlo have the most conceded goals (12) away in Pro League
- Westerlo have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
- Westerlo have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Westerlo 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 | Antwerp | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Genk | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Gent | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Cercle Brugge | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
