Pro League preview: Can Sporting Charleroi edge out victory against AS Eupen?

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Pro League: Two contenders in reasonable form get together for this game. AS Eupen could have a wee upper hand with their 4th position in the table?

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AS Eupen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charleroi and AS Eupen.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.

Sporting Charleroi drew their last game, also a home match. Lommel United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Before that match, a Pro League win away at RFC Seraing.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charleroi handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and four defeats.

Sporting Charleroi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Sporting Charleroi have conceded 6 goals.

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AS Eupen form and stats

AS Eupen's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed AS Eupen collect 13 points from their 6 away matches in the Pro League. 4 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Eupen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Dender.

A 2-3 loss hosting Union Saint-Gilloise before that.

Eupen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Eupen have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. As opposed to that, AS Eupen have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Charleroi wins - draws - AS Eupen wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
7 goals
Sporting CharleroiA. Gholizadeh
A. Gholizadeh
4 goals
AS EupenE. Agbadou
E. Agbadou
4 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

AS Eupen missing players

Sporting Charleroi AS Eupen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 3 Played P 1 6 12
5 2 0 Won W 0 4 6
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 2 2 Lost L 1 1 4
22 8 1 Scored S 0 14 23
14 6 4 Conceded C 2 7 17
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
50% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 75%
42% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 42%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 25%
58% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 75%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 8%
25% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 100% 17% 17%
 
6.1 7.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 5.1
6.6 5 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.6
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.7 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.2 16.7 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7 13.8 13.4
5.3 5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 5.3
34% 27% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 36%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AS Eupen have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Pro League
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of AS Eupen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Union Saint-Gilloise 12 8 1 3 27 13 6 4 0 2 13 6 6 4 1 1 14 7 14 25
2 Club Brugge 12 6 5 1 21 14 6 3 3 0 12 6 6 3 2 1 9 8 7 23
3 Antwerp 12 6 3 3 22 16 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 21
4 AS Eupen 12 6 2 4 23 17 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 4 1 1 14 7 6 20
5 Mechelen 12 6 2 4 21 21 6 4 1 1 14 9 6 2 1 3 7 12 0 20
6 Anderlecht 12 5 5 2 25 16 6 3 2 1 17 9 6 2 3 1 8 7 9 20
7 Sporting Charleroi 12 5 5 2 22 14 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 3 3 0 14 8 8 20
8 Kortrijk 12 5 3 4 15 14 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 18
9 Gent 12 5 2 5 21 13 6 4 1 1 16 7 6 1 1 4 5 6 8 17
10 Genk 12 5 2 5 21 20 6 3 1 2 12 8 6 2 1 3 9 12 1 17
11 KV Oostende 12 5 2 5 16 20 6 3 1 2 8 9 6 2 1 3 8 11 -4 17
12 Sint-Truiden 12 4 3 5 13 18 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 7 -5 15
13 Standard Liège 12 4 3 5 13 20 6 1 2 3 7 11 6 3 1 2 6 9 -7 15
14 Zulte-Waregem 12 3 4 5 19 26 6 1 2 3 9 15 6 2 2 2 10 11 -7 13
15 OH Leuven 12 2 7 3 15 20 6 2 3 1 9 8 6 0 4 2 6 12 -5 13
16 RFC Seraing 12 4 0 8 16 24 6 3 0 3 11 9 6 1 0 5 5 15 -8 12
17 Cercle Brugge 12 2 3 7 13 19 6 0 2 4 4 10 6 2 1 3 9 9 -6 9
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 12 0 2 10 9 27 6 0 0 6 0 10 6 0 2 4 9 17 -18 2

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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.