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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

This could be a great match, with Club Brugge in 3rd and Sporting Charleroi placed 5th. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Club Brugge form and stats

All-inclusive Pro League results playing at home this season for Club Brugge are 6-6-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Club Brugge crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Gent here at Jan Breydelstadion. Vanaken (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Vanaken hit one key pass and had 78 successful passes (of 92 total).

A decent goal production from Club Brugge in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Brugge have conceded 14 goals.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

256 minutes! That's how long the Sporting Charleroi goalkeeper Bingourou Kamara and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Sporting Charleroi go into this game after a win, the home game against RFC Seraing that ended 2-0. Ozornwafor was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Ozornwafor won 8 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sint-Truiden with the score of 1-0.

Charleroi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played before this season: Sporting Charleroi - Club Brugge 0-1. Club Brugge-Sporting Charleroi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Club Brugge four wins, Sporting Charleroi three wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BruggeC. De Ketelaere
C. De Ketelaere
11 goals
Club BruggeB. Dost
B. Dost
11 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
7 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Club Brugge Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 13 26
13 6 0 Won W 1 7 12
9 6 2 Drew D 0 3 7
4 1 1 Lost L 2 3 7
47 25 3 Scored S 3 26 42
32 14 4 Conceded C 9 20 33
96% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 81%
58% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 85% 58%
38% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 54% 35%
19% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 12%
62% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 42%
35% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 38%
8% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 15% 27%
 
6.7 7.3 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.7 5
4.4 3.2 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.6 6
1.9 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.5
8 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.6 17.8 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 13.2 14.1
5.6 5.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4.7 4.9
32% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 33%
 
10.4 9.1 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17 18.1 14.1
3.6 2.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 26 19 3 4 59 21 13 9 1 3 26 12 13 10 2 1 33 9 38 60
2 Antwerp 26 15 5 6 46 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 8 2 3 21 13 18 50
3 Club Brugge 26 13 9 4 47 32 13 6 6 1 25 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 15 48
4 Anderlecht 26 12 9 5 56 31 13 6 5 2 30 18 13 6 4 3 26 13 25 45
5 Sporting Charleroi 26 12 7 7 42 33 13 5 4 4 16 13 13 7 3 3 26 20 9 43
6 Gent 26 11 7 8 38 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 13 4 4 5 13 12 11 40
7 Mechelen 24 12 3 9 42 41 13 8 2 3 26 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 1 39
8 Genk 25 10 5 10 48 38 12 6 3 3 26 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 10 35
9 Cercle Brugge 26 10 5 11 36 31 13 4 2 7 15 16 13 6 3 4 21 15 5 35
10 Kortrijk 26 8 10 8 31 32 13 4 4 5 14 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 -1 34
11 OH Leuven 25 8 9 8 36 40 12 5 3 4 16 18 13 3 6 4 20 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 26 9 4 13 29 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 5 2 6 12 17 -8 31
13 Standard Liège 25 7 8 10 29 40 13 2 5 6 13 21 12 5 3 4 16 19 -11 29
14 KV Oostende 26 8 4 14 27 49 13 4 1 8 15 32 13 4 3 6 12 17 -22 28
15 AS Eupen 26 7 6 13 32 45 12 3 3 6 13 21 14 4 3 7 19 24 -13 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 26 6 8 12 36 54 13 3 4 6 18 28 13 3 4 6 18 26 -18 26
17 RFC Seraing 26 7 2 17 26 52 13 5 2 6 15 21 13 2 0 11 11 31 -26 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 25 3 4 18 25 54 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 3 9 14 30 -29 13

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.