Pro League: The mid-table positions illustrates the road Sporting Charleroi and Cercle Brugge have taken so far. Both teams are ready for the game; bring it!
- Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sporting Charleroi have to build on here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Pro League.
Sporting Charleroi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mechelen that ended 2-2. Midfield player Zorgane got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Zorgane served one assist and hit four key passes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Standard Liege.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Charleroi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won one time, drawn five and lost four.
Sporting Charleroi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. Sporting Charleroi have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
6-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cercle Brugge in their Pro League matches away.
Cercle won their last game, 2-0 versus Kortrijk played at home. Midfielder Hotić was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.61. Hotić scored one goal and hit five key passes.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Genk.We have checked recent matches where Cercle Brugge have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, zero draws and three defeats.
Cercle has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Cercle Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cercle Brugge - Sporting Charleroi 1-2 was the end result in these contenders' latest head to head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Charleroi seven wins, zero draws and Cercle Brugge three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Matondo 9 goals |   A. Gholizadeh 7 goals |  D. Hotič 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 47 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | 46 |
| 42 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 38 |
| 90% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 58% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | 48% |
| 35% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 10% |
| 42% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | 61% |
| 35% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 32% | 47% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 14.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.7 | 14 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 31% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | 29% |
| 13.7 | 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cercle Brugge have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cercle Brugge have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Pro League
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 29 | 63 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 31 | 55 |
| 5 | Gent | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 52 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 34 | -3 | 48 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 48 |
| 8 | Genk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 45 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 43 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 37 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 58 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -29 | 32 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 63 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | -21 | 32 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -17 | 31 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 36 | -37 | 23 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 35 | -33 | 16 |
