Sint-Truiden vs Sporting Charleroi: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stayen (14600 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stayen haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sint-Truiden languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Sporting Charleroi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

1-0-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sporting Charleroi when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those two matches are 4-4 (scored/conceded).

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Sint-Truiden form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sint-Truiden have to build on here at Stayen in the Pro League.

Sint-Truiden are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Club Brugge. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Royal Excel Mouscron.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Pro League game versus Beerschot-Wilrijk in only three days. This game is also played here at Stayen.

The Sint-Truiden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Sint-Truiden have conceded 7 goals.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

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

Charleroi have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 185 minutes ago. J. Kayembe was the goal scorer.

There were no winners in Charleroi's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 0-0 vs Kortrijk (placed 9th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Waasland-Beveren.

The schedule is very tough for Charleroi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Cercle Brugge is waiting in only three days.

Sporting Charleroi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. Sporting Charleroi have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sint-Truiden-Sporting Charleroi H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sint-Truiden three wins, Sporting Charleroi five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiK. Rezaei
K. Rezaei
6 goals
Sint-TruidenY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
5 goals
Sint-TruidenD. Nazon
D. Nazon
4 goals

Sint-Truiden missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Sint-Truiden Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
2 2 0 Won W 1 3 7
5 3 2 Drew D 2 2 3
8 2 0 Lost L 0 2 5
17 8 0 Scored S 6 12 22
28 7 0 Conceded C 4 10 16
87% 71% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
80% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 73%
53% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 57% 47%
33% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 7%
60% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 47%
20% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 40%
33% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.7 2.3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.2 8.7 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.4 8.5
3.6 3.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 3.5
31% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 52% 42%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • 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 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 Genk 15 9 4 2 35 20 8 5 2 1 21 10 7 4 2 1 14 10 15 31
2 Club Brugge 15 9 3 3 30 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 4 2 1 17 5 19 30
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 15 9 1 5 38 34 8 6 0 2 23 15 7 3 1 3 15 19 4 28
4 Antwerp 15 7 4 4 28 23 7 4 3 0 15 9 8 3 1 4 13 14 5 25
5 Standard Liege 15 6 7 2 19 14 8 3 5 0 11 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
6 OH Leuven 15 7 4 4 27 25 8 5 2 1 13 9 7 2 2 3 14 16 2 25
7 Sporting Charleroi 15 7 3 5 22 16 8 4 1 3 10 6 7 3 2 2 12 10 6 24
8 Anderlecht 15 5 8 2 25 20 7 3 4 0 10 5 8 2 4 2 15 15 5 23
9 Kortrijk 15 5 5 5 21 21 7 2 2 3 14 15 8 3 3 2 7 6 0 20
10 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
11 KV Oostende 15 5 4 6 20 19 8 4 2 2 16 10 7 1 2 4 4 9 1 19
12 Cercle Brugge 15 6 0 9 22 27 7 3 0 4 13 14 8 3 0 5 9 13 -5 18
13 Gent 15 5 1 9 22 25 7 2 1 4 11 12 8 3 0 5 11 13 -3 16
14 Zulte-Waregem 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 1 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 11 11 -9 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 2 1 5 10 16 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 15
16 Mechelen 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 1 2 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 10 14 -6 14
17 Sint-Truiden 15 2 5 8 17 28 7 2 3 2 8 7 8 0 2 6 9 21 -11 11
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 15 2 4 9 9 25 7 1 2 4 4 8 8 1 2 5 5 17 -16 10

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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.