RFC Seraing vs Sporting Charleroi preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pairay (8207 seats)

Sporting Charleroi know they are going on a grim visit to RFC Seraing and their Stade du Pairay. This match preview has all the information you require before the fixture.

Insights:
  • RFC Seraing have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting Charleroi have not yet lost a game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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RFC Seraing form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for RFC Seraing at their home stadium (Stade du Pairay) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager J. Condom Aulí led his Seraing to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Union Saint-Gilloise. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Pairay. Did RFC Seraing get overconfident in their match against Union Saint-Gilloise? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-4 defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Seraing, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Union Saint-Gilloise. Fun stuff to watch! The gifted forward Youssef Maziz outshone all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Maziz served one assist and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that match, RFC Seraing won a home game hosting Zulte-Waregem (5-1).

Goals decide football matches and Seraing are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. Seraing's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Sporting Charleroi go into this game after a win, the home game against Genk that ended 2-0. Sporting Charleroi goalie Hervé Koffi was high and low in the Genk game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Hervé Koffi got the top player rating of the team with 9.83/10. Koffi saved a penalty, stopped the opponent with eight saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 2-2 draw at Kortrijk's stadium before that.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Charleroi are regular goalscorers on their travels. Charleroi have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
6 goals
RFC SeraingY. Maziz
Y. Maziz
5 goals
SeraingG. Mikautadze
G. Mikautadze
5 goals

RFC Seraing missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

RFC Seraing Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
4 3 0 Won W 0 2 4
0 0 0 Drew D 2 3 5
7 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
15 10 2 Scored S 3 11 19
21 6 3 Conceded C 3 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
73% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 45%
27% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 60% 36%
27% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 55%
9% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 27%
 
4.1 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 5.2 6.5
5.6 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 8.4 6.5
2 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 15.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 16.6 16.6
4.5 6.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.6 5.3
30% 29% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 39% 33%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Sporting Charleroi's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • RFC Seraing have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • RFC Seraing 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 11 7 1 3 24 11 6 4 0 2 13 6 5 3 1 1 11 5 13 22
2 Club Brugge 11 6 4 1 20 13 6 3 3 0 12 6 5 3 1 1 8 7 7 22
3 AS Eupen 11 6 2 3 21 14 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 4 1 1 14 7 7 20
4 Antwerp 11 6 2 3 21 15 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 20
5 Mechelen 11 6 1 4 19 19 5 4 0 1 12 7 6 2 1 3 7 12 0 19
6 Anderlecht 11 4 5 2 21 14 5 2 2 1 13 7 6 2 3 1 8 7 7 17
7 Sporting Charleroi 11 4 5 2 19 13 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 2 3 0 11 7 6 17
8 Genk 11 5 2 4 21 17 5 3 1 1 12 5 6 2 1 3 9 12 4 17
9 KV Oostende 11 5 2 4 16 19 6 3 1 2 8 9 5 2 1 2 8 10 -3 17
10 Kortrijk 11 4 3 4 14 14 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 0 15
11 Sint-Truiden 11 4 3 4 12 14 6 1 2 3 7 11 5 3 1 1 5 3 -2 15
12 Gent 11 4 2 5 18 13 6 4 1 1 16 7 5 0 1 4 2 6 5 14
13 Standard Liege 11 4 2 5 12 19 6 1 2 3 7 11 5 3 0 2 5 8 -7 14
14 RFC Seraing 11 4 0 7 15 21 5 3 0 2 10 6 6 1 0 5 5 15 -6 12
15 Zulte-Waregem 11 3 3 5 17 24 6 1 2 3 9 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 -7 12
16 OH Leuven 11 1 7 3 11 19 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 0 4 2 6 12 -8 10
17 Cercle Brugge 11 2 2 7 12 18 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 2 1 3 9 9 -6 8
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 11 0 2 9 7 23 6 0 0 6 0 10 5 0 2 3 7 13 -16 2

Read more about Pro League

The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.