Beerschot-Wilrijk vs Sporting Charleroi betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Olympisch Stadion (12771 seats)

It's advantage Beerschot-Wilrijk so far with their 6th position in the Pro League table, welcoming Sporting Charleroi who are placed 9th.

Insights:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Charleroi are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Beerschot-Wilrijk form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Beerschot-Wilrijk have to build on here at Olympisch Stadion in the Pro League. With eight home Pro League games in a row without a win, the Beerschot-Wilrijk fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Anderlecht game long ago, can be stopped today.

Beerschot-Wilrijk enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Waasland-Beveren's place. The match ended 2-1 with Joren Dom and Raphael Holzhauser scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Royal Excel Mouscron.

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 Beerschot-Wilrijk have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost one.

The Beerschot-Wilrijk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 15 league matches. Beerschot-Wilrijk have conceded 26 from these games.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

There were no winners in Charleroi's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 vs Club Brugge (placed 1st). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Sint-Truiden.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Sporting Charleroi in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sporting Charleroi, three draws and four defeats.

Charleroi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 15 games. In the opposite end, Charleroi have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sporting Charleroi - Beerschot-Wilrijk 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Beerschot-Wilrijk zero wins, zero draws and Sporting Charleroi three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Beerschot-WilrijkR. Holzhauser
R. Holzhauser
14 goals
Sporting CharleroiM. Fall
M. Fall
8 goals

Beerschot-Wilrijk missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Beerschot-Wilrijk Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
13 6 2 Won W 1 6 11
5 4 1 Drew D 0 3 8
12 5 2 Lost L 4 6 11
54 29 9 Scored S 5 27 42
56 26 9 Conceded C 10 27 39
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
83% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 77%
73% 73% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 50%
43% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 47% 27%
27% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 13%
70% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 80% 60%
13% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 27%
20% 27% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 7% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.3 8.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.3 8.4
3.8 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.8
47% 48% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 59% 37%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Pro League
  • Beerschot-Wilrijk have the most scored goals in the second half (34) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 29 21 4 4 62 19 15 11 1 3 30 11 14 10 3 1 32 8 43 67
2 Antwerp 30 15 6 9 48 40 15 8 4 3 26 19 15 7 2 6 22 21 8 51
3 Genk 30 14 7 9 56 41 15 8 4 3 32 18 15 6 3 6 24 23 15 49
4 KV Oostende 30 13 7 10 45 37 15 9 4 2 32 18 15 4 3 8 13 19 8 46
5 Anderlecht 30 11 13 6 40 31 15 7 7 1 19 9 15 4 6 5 21 22 9 46
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 30 13 5 12 54 56 15 6 4 5 29 26 15 7 1 7 25 30 -2 44
7 OH Leuven 30 12 8 10 49 49 15 8 2 5 21 18 15 4 6 5 28 31 0 44
8 Zulte-Waregem 30 13 4 13 46 53 15 5 2 8 19 30 15 8 2 5 27 23 -7 43
9 Sporting Charleroi 30 11 8 11 42 39 15 5 5 5 15 12 15 6 3 6 27 27 3 41
10 Mechelen 30 11 8 11 43 47 15 4 4 7 23 26 15 7 4 4 20 21 -4 41
11 Gent 29 11 7 11 42 34 14 6 3 5 24 17 15 5 4 6 18 17 8 40
12 Standard Liege 30 10 10 10 41 38 15 5 7 3 21 19 15 5 3 7 20 19 3 40
13 AS Eupen 30 8 13 9 38 47 15 4 6 5 22 26 15 4 7 4 16 21 -9 37
14 Kortrijk 30 10 6 14 38 46 15 5 2 8 22 29 15 5 4 6 16 17 -8 36
15 Sint-Truiden 30 8 8 14 35 44 15 5 3 7 18 18 15 3 5 7 17 26 -9 32
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 30 7 9 14 27 45 15 4 5 6 15 18 15 3 4 8 12 27 -18 30
17 Cercle Brugge 30 9 2 19 34 48 15 4 1 10 20 25 15 5 1 9 14 23 -14 29
18 Waasland-Beveren 30 6 7 17 35 61 15 3 2 10 16 32 15 3 5 7 19 29 -26 25

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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.