A tale of boom and bust for these squads so far, placed in positions near the center of the Pro League table. Here's the Kortrijk - Sporting Charleroi latest:
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Charleroi have not yet lost a game away.
Kortrijk and Sporting Charleroi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kortrijk form and stats
The total Pro League results playing at home this season for Kortrijk are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Kortrijk travelled for their previous game, a trip to Zulte-Waregem that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Kortrijk in the Zulte-Waregem match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The hometeam coach L. Elsner made a successful contribution in the game against Zulte-Waregem, bringing on Eric Ocansey who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfielder Faïz Selemani was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Selemani served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Kortrijk had a home game versus Gent which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Kortrijk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kortrijk as a small favourite), we find ten games. Kortrijk has won zero of these, drawn five and lost five.
Kortrijk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Guldensporenstadion with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Kortrijk have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Sporting Charleroi aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. A. Hanche-Olsen (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
Home advantage was not enough for Charleroi in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Mechelen, 0-2. Jules Van Cleemput was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.15. The defender Cleemput won 6 of 8 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Club Brugge before that.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 nine relevant matches. Results were three Sporting Charleroi wins, four draws and two defeats.
The Sporting Charleroi manager E. Still has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. As opposed to that, 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: two - four - four (Kortrijk wins - draws - Sporting Charleroi wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Selemani 5 goals |   S. Nicholson 4 goals |  P. Guèye 3 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Kortrijk | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 9.2 | 6.7 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.9 | 9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 14.8 | 16.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 32% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 30% |
- All of Sporting Charleroi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kortrijk have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kortrijk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Charleroi have not yet lost a game away.
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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 | Club Brugge | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | AS Eupen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Genk | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Gent | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | OH Leuven | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -15 | 1 |