Kortrijk hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 30 points and a 13th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Sporting Charleroi holds 8th place with 34 pts.
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Charleroi is in the worst form (0-1-5)
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kortrijk and Sporting Charleroi.
Kortrijk form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Kortrijk have to build on here at Guldensporenstadion in the Pro League. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Kortrijk, their manager Y. Vanderhaeghe and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Kortrijk shared the glory with Beerschot-Wilrijk in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Ahead of that match, Kortrijk lost 1-2 at home to Cercle Brugge.
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 twelve games. Kortrijk has won two of these, drawn three and lost seven.
There will be little rest for Kortrijk after this match as they are travelling to Lommel United for a Belgian Cup game in only three days.
Kortrijk have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Guldensporenstadion with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Kortrijk have conceded 24 from these games.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. A depressing four defeats in a row for Charleroi in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Cercle Brugge.
There were no winners in Charleroi's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 vs OH Leuven (placed 7th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Standard Liège wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
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 two Sporting Charleroi wins, three draws and four defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Charleroi are hosting Westerlo in the Belgian Cup only four days away.
Charleroi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 13 games. Sporting Charleroi's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sporting Charleroi - Kortrijk 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kortrijk two wins, five draws and Sporting Charleroi three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nicholson 7 goals | K. Rezaei 7 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Kortrijk | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 28 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | 35 |
| 34 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 75% |
| 58% | 77% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 77% | 54% |
| 21% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 46% | 29% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 31% | 17% |
| 54% | 62% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | 54% |
| 29% | 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 29% |
| 33% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.9 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.9 | 8 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 133% | 61% | 41% |
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting Charleroi is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Genk | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | KV Oostende | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Gent | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 12 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 30 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -21 | 21 |