Striving Cercle Brugge will be hoping to pull off a surprise when they play top team Sporting Charleroi in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 17th vs 5th and the home crowd will have modest expectations.
- Cercle Brugge is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cercle Brugge have scored home.
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge's results here at Jan Breydelstadion in the Pro League have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. Cercle are slowly digging their own grave here at Jan Breydelstadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the OH Leuven match.
The home team returns to Jan Breydelstadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Genk (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 1-1. Midfielder Dino Hotić was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.72 (out of ten) in that game. Hotić served one assist, hit six key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Antwerp that was lost 0-1.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 Cercle Brugge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost three.
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 (4 from 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cercle defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sporting Charleroi playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting Charleroi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Union Saint-Gilloise (placed 1st). Charleroi lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Ryota Morioka got a match rating of 7.25 in that game, top player of the team. Morioka hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 52 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against AS Eupen.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting Charleroi playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Sporting Charleroi wins, four draws and two defeats.
Charleroi have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 7 away matches. Charleroi have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - zero - seven (Cercle wins - draws - Sporting Charleroi wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nicholson 8 goals |  A. Gholizadeh 5 goals |   A. Millán Iranzo 3 goals |
Cercle Brugge missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Cercle Brugge | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 86% | 57% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 71% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 71% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 21% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 15.1 | 16.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 24% | 15% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | 35% |
| 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 16.6 | 13.1 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
- All of Sporting Charleroi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest points (2) at home in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge have yet to win a game at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cercle Brugge is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cercle Brugge have scored home.
- Sporting Charleroi have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Genk | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Gent | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | RFC Seraing | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 6 |