Football betting preview: Club Brugge the probable winner when Sporting Charleroi come to town

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Club Brugge have been better than Sporting Charleroi so far, but every game begins at 0-0. Here's all the intelligence you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Pro League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Jan Breydelstadion, but a victory now would be sweet for Club Brugge.

An away draw last time out for Club Brugge, facing Sint-Truiden in a game that ended 1-1. Defender Odoi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Odoi hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Anderlecht.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Brugge home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Both teams score at least one goal! That has happened in 5 league matches in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Club Brugge's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gent (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Koffi had red hot gloves after the game against Gent, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Koffi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.44. The agile goalkeeper Koffi topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Cercle Brugge.

Charleroi have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Sporting Charleroi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Sporting Charleroi.

Sporting Charleroi - Brugge 1-3 was the end result in these teams' latest h2h fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeF. Jutlgà Blanc
F. Jutlgà Blanc
8 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
6 goals
Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
6 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Club Brugge Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 3 10 21
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 8
6 4 2 Drew D 1 1 3
5 1 1 Lost L 2 5 10
38 24 9 Scored S 1 12 26
26 12 4 Conceded C 5 16 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 90%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 62%
62% 64% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 62%
33% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 43%
10% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 19%
57% 64% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 62%
29% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 24%
14% 9% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 24%
 
5.8 6.4 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.7 4.4
3.3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 4.8
2 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.3 19.1 18.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.9 10.8
3.8 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4
48% 48% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 32% 32%
 
10.5 9.5 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 12.7 11.2
4.1 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.9 4.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Club Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 18 1 2 52 19 11 10 1 0 29 9 10 8 0 2 23 10 33 55
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 21 14 4 3 44 24 10 7 2 1 18 8 11 7 2 2 26 16 20 46
3 Antwerp 21 13 3 5 38 22 10 8 1 1 22 8 11 5 2 4 16 14 16 42
4 Club Brugge 21 10 6 5 38 26 11 6 4 1 24 12 10 4 2 4 14 14 12 36
5 Gent 21 10 5 6 34 21 11 6 3 2 18 10 10 4 2 4 16 11 13 35
6 Standard Liege 21 10 4 7 33 24 11 6 2 3 22 11 10 4 2 4 11 13 9 34
7 Sint-Truiden 21 8 7 6 23 21 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 5 4 2 13 10 2 31
8 OH Leuven 21 8 6 7 36 32 10 4 2 4 16 15 11 4 4 3 20 17 4 30
9 Westerlo 21 9 3 9 41 38 11 5 2 4 26 17 10 4 1 5 15 21 3 30
10 Cercle Brugge 21 7 6 8 27 29 10 4 4 2 16 10 11 3 2 6 11 19 -2 27
11 Sporting Charleroi 20 8 2 10 26 32 10 4 1 5 14 16 10 4 1 5 12 16 -6 26
12 Anderlecht 21 7 3 11 30 32 11 4 1 6 18 17 10 3 2 5 12 15 -2 24
13 Mechelen 20 6 4 10 27 36 11 5 3 3 20 17 9 1 1 7 7 19 -9 22
14 Kortrijk 21 6 3 12 22 39 11 3 2 6 9 20 10 3 1 6 13 19 -17 21
15 AS Eupen 21 6 2 13 27 43 10 3 0 7 11 18 11 3 2 6 16 25 -16 20
16 Zulte-Waregem 21 5 4 12 28 45 10 3 1 6 17 28 11 2 3 6 11 17 -17 19
17 KV Oostende 21 5 2 14 22 47 10 4 0 6 12 20 11 1 2 8 10 27 -25 17
18 RFC Seraing 21 4 3 14 21 39 10 0 2 8 4 16 11 4 1 6 17 23 -18 15

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.