Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sporting Charleroi - Anderlecht!
- Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have collected 13 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-1-3.
A strong away win for Charleroi against Cercle Brugge the last match, as Shamar Nicholson, Ryota Morioka, Massimo Bruno and Ali Gholizadeh were on target. In the game before, an away victory match versus Sint-Truiden with a 2-1 scoreline.
The game against Cercle Brugge had lots of late drama as Charleroi came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Massimo Bruno's goal in the 87th minute. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Manager K. Belhocine felt very clever after Massimo Bruno scored the winning goal against Cercle Brugge, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 80th minute.
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 Charleroi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost two.
The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Charleroi have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Anderlecht form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Anderlecht have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far.
Anderlecht had fun at their own home (Stade du Pays de Charleroi) last time out, beating KV Oostende 2-1. Lukas Nmecha (2) scored. Before that, Anderlecht secured a home win against Genk with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Anderlecht in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Anderlecht, two draws and two defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Anderlecht's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. As for defending, Anderlecht rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Charleroi won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Anderlecht has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  L. Nmecha 9 goals |   S. Nicholson 6 goals | K. Rezaei 6 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
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| Sporting Charleroi | Anderlecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 28 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 53% | 38% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 59% |
| 29% | 12% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 88% | 71% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 18% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 8.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 51% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 58% | 44% |
- All of Anderlecht's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Anderlecht have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Anderlecht have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Anderlecht 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 | Club Brugge | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Genk | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 28 |
| 7 | Standard Liège | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Gent | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Mechelen | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Sint-Truiden | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 11 |