This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by regulars of both squads, as it's the premier Pro League match of the season. Both Sporting Charleroi and AS Eupen are ready for a bright start to their league adventure.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Last season, Sporting Charleroi's league results were 15 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 6th spot in the Pro League. Over these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 46. Playing as the home side in the former season Sporting Charleroi generated 7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 16 conceded.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sporting Charleroi matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 6 games).
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Sporting Charleroi, who have participated in five training matches. Sporting Charleroi have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 3 games.
AS Eupen form and stats
Let's have a look at how AS Eupen performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 8 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 19/32 goals scored/conceded.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of AS Eupen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Just as the home team, AS Eupen have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Eupen wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sporting Charleroi victories, one draw and three AS Eupen wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Sporting Charleroi missing players
AS Eupen missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | AS Eupen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sporting Charleroi | Last season | AS Eupen | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 40 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 65 | 30 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 58 | 23 | Conceded | C | 32 | 61 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 65% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 56% | ||
| 42% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 12% | ||
| 30% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 41% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 13.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 51 | 77 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 35 | 72 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 64 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 63 |
| 5 | Gent | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 62 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 54 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 61 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -4 | 52 |
| 8 | Genk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 51 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 41 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -27 | 37 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 36 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 61 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -24 | 32 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -27 | 32 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 68 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 38 | -38 | 28 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 76 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | -43 | 16 |