National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sporting Charleroi or Westerlo that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Sporting Charleroi and Westerlo.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Last season their Belgian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.5 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sporting Charleroi have to build on here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Pro League.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus OH Leuven that ended 1-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Zulte-Waregem in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi.
Sporting Charleroi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Sporting Charleroi have conceded only 8 goals.
Westerlo form and stats
Westerlo was sent out of Belgian Cup in the 8th finals last season.2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Westerlo in their First Division B matches away.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-3 vs RFC Seraing.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Westerlo manager B. Peeters as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Club Brugge II.
Westerlo have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Westerlo have conceded 9 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Sporting Charleroi wins - draws - Westerlo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Fall 8 goals | ![]() S. Nicholson 7 goals | ![]() K. Rezaei 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Westerlo missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Westerlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 48 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 41% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Westerlo | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | RFC Seraing | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Lommel United | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Deinze | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | RWDM | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 7 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 13 |
| 8 | Club Brugge II | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -27 | 7 |