Pro League match preview: Cercle Brugge versus Sporting Charleroi

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29062 seats)

Season ticket holders at Jan Breydelstadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cercle Brugge languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Sporting Charleroi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

1-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Pro League, so far this season. It's trouble wherever Cercle Brugge are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Cercle Brugge manager F. Mercadal might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

In their previous game, the manager F. Mercadal led his Cercle Brugge to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Zulte-Waregem. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jan Breydelstadion. Before that game, the home loss against AS Eupen with the scoreline 1-2.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cercle Brugge here at Jan Breydelstadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sporting Charleroi failed to get anything from their last game, a Pro League home match vs Anderlecht (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-1 draw at Standard Liege's stadium before that.

Sporting Charleroi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. As opposed to that, Sporting Charleroi have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 0 - 5 (Cercle Brugge wins - draws - Sporting Charleroi wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Morioka
5 goals
S. Peeters
4 goals / 1 assists
I. Saadi
2 goals

Cercle Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Cercle Brugge Sporting Charleroi
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 3
8 3 1 Scored S 4 7 13
27 9 3 Conceded C 0 5 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 67%
60% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 22%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 40% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 78%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 11%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 11%
 
2.8 2.4 2 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.5 4.6
5 5.8 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7.2 5.3
2.2 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
3 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Sporting Charleroi's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Charleroi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cercle Brugge have scored home.
  • Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Cercle Brugge
All Pro League First Division B Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 0 - 2 Club Brugge
21-09-19 PRO Antwerp 3 - 1 Cercle Brugge
24-09-19 BC Cercle Brugge 0 - 1 Rebecq
28-09-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 1 - 2 AS Eupen
05-10-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 6 - 0 Cercle Brugge
20-10-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Sporting Charleroi
26-10-19 PRO Genk 18:30 Cercle Brugge
29-10-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 19:30 Royal Excel Mouscron
03-11-19 PRO Anderlecht 13:30 Cercle Brugge
09-11-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 19:00 Sint-Truiden
Sporting Charleroi
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
13-09-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 2 - 1 Genk
21-09-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 0 - 3 Sint-Truiden
25-09-19 BC Rupel Boom 2 - 3 Sporting Charleroi
29-09-19 PRO Standard Liege 1 - 1 Sporting Charleroi
04-10-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 1 - 2 Anderlecht
20-10-19 PRO Cercle Brugge 18:00 Sporting Charleroi
26-10-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 16:00 Royal Excel Mouscron
29-10-19 PRO KV Oostende 19:30 Sporting Charleroi
03-11-19 PRO Mechelen 19:00 Sporting Charleroi
09-11-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 17:00 AS Eupen

  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 9 7 2 0 25 3 5 3 2 0 13 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 22 23
2 Standard Liège 10 6 2 2 23 9 5 4 1 0 14 3 5 2 1 2 9 6 14 20
3 Gent 9 5 2 2 20 12 5 5 0 0 16 3 4 0 2 2 4 9 8 17
4 Antwerp 9 5 2 2 19 11 4 3 1 0 11 4 5 2 1 2 8 7 8 17
5 Mechelen 10 5 2 3 16 16 4 2 1 1 8 9 6 3 1 2 8 7 0 17
6 Zulte-Waregem 10 4 4 2 18 12 5 3 1 1 13 5 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 16
7 Genk 9 5 1 3 18 14 5 4 0 1 8 5 4 1 1 2 7 6 4 16
8 Royal Excel Mouscron 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 3 2 0 8 3 5 1 2 2 6 9 2 16
9 Sporting Charleroi 9 3 3 3 13 13 5 2 1 2 6 8 4 1 2 1 7 5 0 12
10 Kortrijk 10 3 2 5 18 17 5 2 2 1 13 8 5 1 0 4 5 9 1 11
11 KV Oostende 10 3 2 5 13 20 5 2 1 2 7 9 5 1 1 3 6 11 -7 11
12 Sint-Truiden 9 3 2 4 11 18 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 0 3 5 12 -7 11
13 Anderlecht 10 2 3 5 8 12 5 1 2 2 3 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 -4 9
14 Waasland-Beveren 10 1 4 5 8 20 5 1 1 3 5 13 5 0 3 2 3 7 -12 7
15 AS Eupen 10 1 3 6 6 22 5 0 2 3 3 10 5 1 1 3 3 12 -16 6
16 Cercle Brugge 10 1 0 9 8 27 5 1 0 4 3 9 5 0 0 5 5 18 -19 3

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