Struggling Mechelen will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting Charleroi in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Mechelen form and stats
Mechelen have collected 4 points from their Pro League home games so far after 1-1-3.
The home team returns to AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne after being equal after 90 minutes with Club Brugge (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Pro League game ended 2-2. Before that game, the home loss against Kortrijk with the scoreline 1-2.
Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Club Brugge last time out, but a goal from Rob Schoofs completed a comeback to a draw result for Mechelen. The hometeam coach W. Vrancken made a successful contribution in the game against Club Brugge, bringing on Rob Schoofs who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
The Mechelen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mechelen defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Sporting Charleroi, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Pro League, have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.
Sporting Charleroi are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Pro League against Cercle Brugge (placed 10th). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Genk's place.
Charleroi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Charleroi as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Mechelen won one, Sporting Charleroi won six and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Rezaei 5 goals | S. Nicholson 4 goals |  A. Vranckx 3 goals |
Mechelen missing players
Sporting Charleroi missing players
| Mechelen | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | 41 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 37 | 91 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 17 | 40 |
| 39% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 47% | 45% |
- Mechelen has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Pro League
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals (7) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi has the most clean sheets (5) in Pro League
- Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their 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 | Sporting Charleroi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Standard Liege | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | OH Leuven | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |