Perhaps a welcome break from league football as RFC Seraing & Sporting Charleroi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 RFC Seraing and Sporting Charleroi.
RFC Seraing form and stats
Seraing was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Belgian Cup.RFC Seraing's results here at Stade du Pairay in the Pro League have been very modest with 0 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
The RFC Seraing regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade du Pairay: A 1-2 defeat against Sint-Truiden. The forward Dias won the honour of being "man of the match" for RFC Seraing with the rating of 7.45/10. Dias scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).
Preceding that match was the home Pro League game against Union Saint-Gilloise that was lost 1-2.The manager Jeunechamps will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to OH Leuven in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Seraing means that they have only scored {3 goals} in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the RFC Seraing defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi's mission in Belgian Cup last season failed in the round of 32.3-0-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Charleroi in their Pro League matches away.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting Charleroi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Genk. Zorgane got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Zorgane served one assist, hit one key pass and had 64 successful passes (of 77 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Antwerp.A quick return to home after this game, as Charleroi are hosting Mechelen in the Pro League only four days away.
Sporting Charleroi have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Sporting Charleroi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Seraing victory, zero draws and three Sporting Charleroi wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Mouandilmadji 7 goals |   D. Heymans 5 goals |  A. Bernier 3 goals |
RFC Seraing missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| RFC Seraing | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 4 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 80% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 43% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| 12.4 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 Liège | 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 |
