Struggling Anderlecht will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Charleroi in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Anderlecht form and stats
When playing at home in the Pro League, Anderlecht have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Happy days for Anderlecht in their previous game, a Belgian Cup match away at Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting KV Oostende (2-3).
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 Anderlecht have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 1.
Anderlecht has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Anderlecht have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
4-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Charleroi in their Pro League matches away.
Sporting Charleroi won their last game, 1-0 versus Gent played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Waasland-Beveren.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting Charleroi playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 3 Sporting Charleroi wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Sporting Charleroi have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Sporting Charleroi in these games.
Head 2 Head
Anderlecht and Sporting Charleroi have met before this season: Anderlecht - Sporting Charleroi 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Anderlecht won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Sporting Charleroi has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4Top Goalscorers
  N. Chadli 7 goals |   K. Rezaei 7 goals |  R. Morioka 6 goals |
Anderlecht missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Anderlecht | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 81% |
| 59% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 24% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| 24% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 56% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 38% | 38% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 7.4 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 125 | 82 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 40 | 112 |
| 66 | 41 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 20 | 50 |
| 32% | 29% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 80% | 52% |
- Anderlecht has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Anderlecht have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 42 |
| 2 | Gent | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 34 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Genk | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -23 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 8 |