3rd position in the Pro League table for Mechelen so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Sporting Charleroi visits AFAS Stadion.
The hosts Mechelen saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Pro League. This match was also played here at AFAS Stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sporting Charleroi have had more rest. That game was an away game at Sint-Truiden, so at least Mechelen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Mechelen form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Mechelen have to build on here at AFAS Stadion in the Pro League.
The Mechelen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Sint-Truiden here at AFAS Stadion in a Pro League match. Before that match, a win away at Waasland-Beveren.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mechelen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Mechelen are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Mechelen have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sporting Charleroi are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Sporting Charleroi, whose manager K. Belhocine could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against KV Oostende. Before that, Sporting Charleroi secured a home win against Royal Excel Mouscron with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Sporting Charleroi in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sporting Charleroi, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Sporting Charleroi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mechelen 2 wins, 2 draws and Sporting Charleroi 6 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
W. Togui
6 goals
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R. Morioka
6 goals
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I. de Camargo
4 goals
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Mechelen missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Mechelen | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 20 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 54% | 83% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 6.7 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.5 | 6.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
- All of Mechelen's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Mechelen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Mechelen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting Charleroi have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sporting Charleroi 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 | Club Brugge | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 30 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Mechelen | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Gent | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Genk | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Sint-Truiden | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Anderlecht | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 11 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 7 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -23 | 4 |