Pro League: Two squads in good shape get together for this game. Sporting Charleroi might have a tiny upper hand with their 4th place in the standings?
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Pro League match only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Gent, so at least Genk are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Genk form and stats
3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Genk so far this season.
Genk are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Gent. Junya Ito (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Ito hit three key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Preceding that match was a Europa League defeat to Rapid Wien (0-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Genk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Genk, as the Pro League home game vs Antwerp is only three days away.
The Genk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Genk defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Pro League. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Charleroi are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Charleroi goalkeeper Kouakou Herve Koffi is eager to challenge this, with his 184 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Charleroi won their last game, 1-0 versus KV Oostende played at home. Stelios Andreou, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.23. Andreou hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Standard Liege at their stadium, the result 3-0.Charleroi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
The schedule is very tough for Charleroi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at AS Eupen is waiting in only three days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Charleroi are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Charleroi have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Genk and Sporting Charleroi have faced each other previously this season: Sporting Charleroi - Genk 2-0. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Genk won six games, two matches ended with a tie and Sporting Charleroi got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 10 goals |   S. Nicholson 10 goals |  T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo 6 goals |
Genk missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Genk | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 32 |
| 30 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 89% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 61% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 61% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 17% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 22% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 15.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13.8 | 14.8 |
| 5.5 | 6.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 31% | 28% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 83% | 44% | 36% |
| 12 | 13.5 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 17.3 | 14.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
- All of Sporting Charleroi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Pro League
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 40 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Gent | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | AS Eupen | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Genk | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 21 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 20 |
| 14 | OH Leuven | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 19 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Zulte-Waregem | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 9 |