Delightful dogfight as daring Anderlecht duels with determined Sporting Charleroi

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 19.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lotto Park (22500 seats)

Anderlecht and Sporting Charleroi are both riding high in the Pro League with their 6th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Anderlecht has the most points (22) at home in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Pro League

It's no vacation for neither Anderlecht nor Sporting Charleroi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Anderlecht form and stats

Anderlecht, who have the most points (22) at home in Pro League, have performed here at Lotto Park this season with 6 wins from 10 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Anderlecht, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

P. Mukairu was the last player to score a league goal for Anderlecht and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Anderlecht haven't scored in 199 minutes.

No payout for Anderlecht in their previous match, an away game at AS Eupen that ended in defeat 0-2. Prior to that, an away loss at OH Leuven.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Anderlecht handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and two defeats.

The Anderlecht fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Anderlecht have conceded only 6 goals.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sporting Charleroi in their Pro League matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Charleroi are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Charleroi played 0-0 against Mechelen in their previous match. A 2-3 defeat away at KV Oostende before that.

Charleroi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Sporting Charleroi's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sporting Charleroi have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sporting Charleroi - Anderlecht 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Anderlecht won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Sporting Charleroi has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

AnderlechtL. Nmecha
L. Nmecha
10 goals
Sporting CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
7 goals
Sporting CharleroiK. Rezaei
K. Rezaei
7 goals

Anderlecht missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Anderlecht Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 11 21
8 6 2 Won W 2 5 10
8 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
5 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
30 15 5 Scored S 7 21 32
25 6 3 Conceded C 6 19 25
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
76% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 91% 71%
48% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 52%
33% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 14%
57% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 52%
24% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 38%
24% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.3 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.5 7.2
3.3 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.5 3
43% 39% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 75% 50%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Anderlecht has the most points (22) at home in Pro League
  • Anderlecht have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Anderlecht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Pro League
  • 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 away.

  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 20 13 3 4 40 13 10 6 1 3 16 7 10 7 2 1 24 6 27 42
2 Genk 21 11 5 5 43 27 10 6 3 1 24 11 11 5 2 4 19 16 16 38
3 Sporting Charleroi 20 10 3 7 32 25 9 5 1 3 11 6 11 5 2 4 21 19 7 33
4 OH Leuven 20 9 5 6 35 31 11 6 2 3 16 13 9 3 3 3 19 18 4 32
5 KV Oostende 21 9 5 7 30 26 11 6 3 2 22 14 10 3 2 5 8 12 4 32
6 Anderlecht 21 8 8 5 30 25 10 6 4 0 15 6 11 2 4 5 15 19 5 32
7 Antwerp 20 9 4 7 33 30 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 16 17 3 31
8 Beerschot-Wilrijk 20 9 3 8 41 42 10 6 2 2 25 17 10 3 1 6 16 25 -1 30
9 Zulte-Waregem 21 9 3 9 32 35 11 3 2 6 12 21 10 6 1 3 20 14 -3 30
10 Kortrijk 21 8 5 8 27 30 11 5 2 4 19 20 10 3 3 4 8 10 -3 29
11 Standard Liege 20 7 7 6 25 22 11 4 5 2 15 12 9 3 2 4 10 10 3 28
12 AS Eupen 21 6 9 6 26 33 10 3 3 4 14 18 11 3 6 2 12 15 -7 27
13 Gent 20 8 2 10 29 28 9 4 1 4 16 13 11 4 1 6 13 15 1 26
14 Mechelen 20 6 5 9 31 36 11 3 2 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 15 -5 23
15 Royal Excel Mouscron 21 5 5 11 18 31 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 2 2 7 7 20 -13 20
16 Sint-Truiden 20 5 5 10 24 33 10 3 3 4 11 11 10 2 2 6 13 22 -9 20
17 Cercle Brugge 20 6 1 13 27 36 10 3 0 7 17 21 10 3 1 6 10 15 -9 19
18 Waasland-Beveren 21 5 4 12 27 47 10 2 1 7 11 24 11 3 3 5 16 23 -20 19

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.