Sporting Charleroi clashes with Antwerp fray

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 30.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi got a 1-4 score against Cercle Brugge last fixture, a game to learn from. The next task is this firm Antwerp side.

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (7) in Pro League

This looks to be an action-packed match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

With 2 Pro League wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Sporting Charleroi are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager Still led his Sporting Charleroi to a defeat away at Cercle Brugge. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi. Defender Wasinski got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.14/10. Wasinski won 8 of 11 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Kortrijk.

Observe: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.

A decent goal production from Sporting Charleroi in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. When Sporting Charleroi hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like RFC Seraing, Kortrijk, AS Eupen, KV Oostende and Zulte-Waregem), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Antwerp form and stats

Antwerp's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Antwerp collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Pro League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Antwerp seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Genk with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Balikwisha was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Balikwisha hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Antwerp secured a home win against KV Oostende with the score 3-0.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

Antwerp have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Charleroi-Antwerp H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Charleroi three wins, Antwerp four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams have sometimes been brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpV. Janssen
V. Janssen
8 goals
AntwerpM. Frey
M. Frey
5 goals
Sporting CharleroiD. Heymans
D. Heymans
4 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Antwerp missing players

Sporting Charleroi Antwerp
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 6 14
5 2 1 Won W 1 4 11
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
8 4 2 Lost L 1 2 3
20 11 3 Scored S 2 8 28
25 14 5 Conceded C 2 6 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 86%
71% 86% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 64%
57% 71% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 21%
21% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
71% 86% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
14% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 7%
 
4 3.6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.8 4.8
4.6 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 4.1
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.7 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 12.6 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.3 13.6
4.1 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 4.1
34% 34% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 35% 48%
 
11.1 8.9 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13 10.6
4.6 4.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.7
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have the most clean sheets (7) in Pro League
  • Antwerp have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Antwerp haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Charleroi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Genk 14 12 1 1 36 13 7 6 1 0 18 6 7 6 0 1 18 7 23 37
2 Antwerp 14 11 0 3 28 14 8 7 0 1 20 8 6 4 0 2 8 6 14 33
3 Club Brugge 14 9 2 3 28 14 7 5 1 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 12 8 14 29
4 Union Saint-Gilloise 14 9 2 3 29 18 7 5 1 1 12 7 7 4 1 2 17 11 11 29
5 Standard Liège 14 8 1 5 22 18 8 5 1 2 15 8 6 3 0 3 7 10 4 25
6 Gent 14 7 2 5 25 17 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 3 1 3 11 8 8 23
7 Westerlo 14 7 1 6 25 26 6 4 1 1 12 6 8 3 0 5 13 20 -1 22
8 OH Leuven 14 6 3 5 23 23 6 3 0 3 7 10 8 3 3 2 16 13 0 21
9 Cercle Brugge 14 5 3 6 20 22 7 3 3 1 13 7 7 2 0 5 7 15 -2 18
10 Sint-Truiden 14 4 5 5 12 15 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 2 3 2 5 6 -3 17
11 Mechelen 14 5 2 7 21 25 8 4 1 3 15 13 6 1 1 4 6 12 -4 17
12 Anderlecht 14 5 1 8 22 19 7 3 1 3 11 7 7 2 0 5 11 12 3 16
13 Sporting Charleroi 14 5 1 8 20 25 7 2 1 4 11 14 7 3 0 4 9 11 -5 16
14 KV Oostende 14 4 2 8 15 26 7 3 0 4 8 14 7 1 2 4 7 12 -11 14
15 AS Eupen 14 4 0 10 15 29 7 2 0 5 8 14 7 2 0 5 7 15 -14 12
16 RFC Seraing 14 3 2 9 14 24 6 0 1 5 1 10 8 3 1 4 13 14 -10 11
17 Kortrijk 14 3 2 9 12 25 7 1 1 5 4 13 7 2 1 4 8 12 -13 11
18 Zulte-Waregem 14 3 2 9 16 30 7 2 0 5 10 20 7 1 2 4 6 10 -14 11

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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.