Cercle Brugge manager Muslić looking for three points in Sporting Charleroi showdown

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the Pro League for these participants. And fresh bodies and minds here at Jan Breydelstadion as Cercle Brugge receive Sporting Charleroi. Get smart with this preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

In the previous season, Cercle Brugge's league statistics were 13 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses, ending with 8th position in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored {50 goals} and let in 46. Playing as the home team in the previous season Cercle Brugge generated 8-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 18 conceded.

Cercle Brugge lost their last game at Antwerp (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Siquet was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.71 (out of ten) in that game. Siquet hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Cercle Brugge won a home game hosting Westerlo (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cercle handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sporting Charleroi performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {52 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 22/25 goals scored/conceded.

Sporting Charleroi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus OH Leuven that finished 1-1. Dabbagh, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Dabbagh scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Genk.

Sporting Charleroi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cercle victories, zero draws and eight Sporting Charleroi wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
1 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cercle Brugge Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 4
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 19
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Cercle Brugge Last season Sporting Charleroi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   17 33
16 9   Won W   7 14
13 8   Drew D   4 6
11 3   Lost L   6 13
63 33   Scored S   22 45
55 22   Conceded C   25 47
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
82% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 61%
52% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 61%
38% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 45%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   59% 58%
22% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 27%
25% 25%   Failed to Score F T   18% 21%
 
5.5 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5
1.9 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
5 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13.8 14.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.8
4.6 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.2
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 33%
 
10.8 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 11.6
3.9 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.5

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Gent 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Westerlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Sporting Charleroi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Standard Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 RWDM 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liege 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Gent 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Antwerp 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Westerlo 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Sporting Charleroi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Club Brugge 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Standard Liege 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 RWDM 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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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.