Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Sporting Charleroi and Antwerp

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 13.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi welcome Antwerp for another interesting Pro League fixture here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi.

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most scored goals (7) in Pro League

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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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The first Pro League game here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi resulted in a draw. Last season Sporting Charleroi's home game statistics were 5 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 games.

An away draw last time out for Sporting Charleroi, facing OH Leuven in a game that ended 1-1. Ryota Morioka (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Morioka hit one key pass and had 59 successful passes (of 70 total).

Before that, Charleroi drew at home versus Sint-Truiden.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Charleroi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Charleroi as a small favourite), we find six games. Sporting Charleroi has won three of these, drawn one and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sporting Charleroi at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Antwerp form and stats

Things could have gone better for Antwerp in their Pro League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Two travels in a row for Antwerp, whose manager B. Priske Pedersen could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Standard Liege. Michael Frey, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.9. Frey scored five goals and hit two key passes. As you can tell from the result, the match against Standard Liege was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Antwerp goalie Jean Butez was high and low in the Standard Liege game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. It's hard not to mention Michael Frey's lethal finishing against Standard Liege. five goals were a big reason for the important victory.

A 0-1 loss hosting Kortrijk before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Antwerp in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Antwerp, one draw and five defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Antwerp has managed 7 goals and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Sporting Charleroi, two draws and four wins for Antwerp. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
6 goals
CharleroiJ. Kayembe Ditu
J. Kayembe Ditu
1 goals
Sporting CharleroiA. Zorgane
A. Zorgane
1 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Antwerp missing players

Sporting Charleroi Antwerp
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 0 0 Scored S 0 7 7
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 5 6
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.7 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.5 3
7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 9
1.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 10.7
5.7 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.3
24% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 70% 54%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have the most conceded goals in the second half (6) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most scored goals (7) away in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most scored goals (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Pro League
Sporting Charleroi Last season Antwerp
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
11 5   Won W   9 19
9 6   Drew D   3 8
14 6   Lost L   8 13
46 18   Scored S   30 63
49 16   Conceded C   31 59
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
79% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 80%
53% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 57%
29% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 40%
15% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 28%
62% 47%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
24% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 22%
21% 29%   Failed to Score F T   25% 22%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.9
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
9.1 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 9.8
3.9 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.3
35% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 36%

  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 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 4 6
2 Kortrijk 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 KV Oostende 3 2 0 1 5 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 -1 6
4 Sporting Charleroi 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
5 AS Eupen 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 5
6 Club Brugge 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
7 Cercle Brugge 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
8 Anderlecht 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Zulte-Waregem 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 4
10 Genk 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
11 Sint-Truiden 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
12 Standard Liege 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 4
13 Antwerp 3 1 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 7 5 1 3
14 OH Leuven 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
15 Mechelen 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
16 RFC Seraing 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
17 Gent 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
Last season 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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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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.