AS Eupen vs Sporting Charleroi match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion am Kehrweg

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

These teams have both had a low return so far, but a win and three points in this highly important match would definitely help. Get ready for AS Eupen - Sporting Charleroi!

Insights:
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This should be an appealing match with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's start!

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AS Eupen form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, AS Eupen have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 8 games. Two home wins in a row for Eupen bring valid hopes of a third.

AS Eupen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at RFC Seraing's place. The match ended 1-0 with Charles-Cook scoring. Defender Paeshuyse got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Paeshuyse won 4 of 4 duels.

Before that, AS Eupen played out a draw 5-5 when visiting Zulte-Waregem.

Eupen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Charleroi playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. When Sporting Charleroi is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Kortrijk, RFC Seraing, KV Oostende, Zulte-Waregem and Sporting Charleroi is teams we like to compare AS Eupen with. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Mazzù, the Sporting Charleroi manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Sporting Charleroi might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Anderlecht proved too strong as Sporting Charleroi slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stade du Pays de Charleroi.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Genk's place.

The visiting Sporting Charleroi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. Charleroi have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other before this match year: Sporting Charleroi - AS Eupen 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eupen three wins, one draw and Sporting Charleroi six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AS EupenK. Jocelyn N’dri
K. Jocelyn N’dri
5 goals
Sporting CharleroiD. Heymans
D. Heymans
5 goals
AS EupenS. Peeters
S. Peeters
4 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

AS Eupen Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
6 3 0 Won W 2 3 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
11 5 2 Lost L 0 5 10
25 10 1 Scored S 4 10 22
38 14 4 Conceded C 1 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 65%
61% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 65%
44% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 53%
28% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 24%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 65%
22% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 18%
22% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
5.3 6.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.4 3.9
5.6 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 5.5 4.5
2.6 3.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.9
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 15.2 18 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 8.9 10.5
4.3 5.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.4 3.8
32% 24% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 37% 34%
 
14.1 12.2 15.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.4 11.2
4.7 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.1 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Charleroi 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 Genk 18 15 1 2 45 16 9 8 1 0 25 8 9 7 0 2 20 8 29 46
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 18 12 3 3 38 22 9 6 2 1 16 8 9 6 1 2 22 14 16 39
3 Antwerp 18 11 3 4 33 20 9 7 1 1 20 8 9 4 2 3 13 12 13 36
4 Club Brugge 18 10 4 4 35 21 10 6 3 1 23 11 8 4 1 3 12 10 14 34
5 Gent 18 9 4 5 32 18 9 5 2 2 16 9 9 4 2 3 16 9 14 31
6 Standard Liege 18 9 2 7 29 22 9 5 1 3 19 10 9 4 1 4 10 12 7 29
7 Westerlo 18 8 3 7 37 33 9 5 2 2 23 12 9 3 1 5 14 21 4 27
8 OH Leuven 18 7 5 6 31 27 8 4 1 3 13 11 10 3 4 3 18 16 4 26
9 Cercle Brugge 18 7 5 6 25 25 8 4 3 1 15 8 10 3 2 5 10 17 0 26
10 Sint-Truiden 18 7 5 6 19 19 9 3 2 4 9 10 9 4 3 2 10 9 0 26
11 Anderlecht 18 7 2 9 26 25 9 4 1 4 15 11 9 3 1 5 11 14 1 23
12 Mechelen 17 5 4 8 25 31 10 4 3 3 18 16 7 1 1 5 7 15 -6 19
13 Sporting Charleroi 17 6 1 10 22 30 9 3 1 5 12 15 8 3 0 5 10 15 -8 19
14 AS Eupen 18 6 1 11 25 38 8 3 0 5 10 14 10 3 1 6 15 24 -13 19
15 KV Oostende 18 5 2 11 20 40 8 4 0 4 11 15 10 1 2 7 9 25 -20 17
16 Kortrijk 18 4 3 11 15 33 10 2 2 6 6 18 8 2 1 5 9 15 -18 15
17 Zulte-Waregem 18 3 4 11 23 42 9 2 1 6 15 28 9 1 3 5 8 14 -19 13
18 RFC Seraing 18 3 2 13 16 34 9 0 1 8 3 15 9 3 1 5 13 19 -18 11

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.