Club Brugge expected to challenge Sporting Charleroi at their own home

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Club Brugge.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (55) in Pro League

It's no vacation for neither Sporting Charleroi nor Club Brugge as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Sporting Charleroi have played 12 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Charleroi have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Charleroi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gent (1-3). In the match before that, Charleroi hosted Zulte-Waregem and drew the Pro League game 1-1.

The Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. Charleroi have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (55) in Pro League, have an excellent away record in the Pro League so far with 10-2-1 from 13 games. Club Brugge are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing. Brugge have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of eight victories in a row regardless of arena.

Impressive finishing from R. Vormer, H. Vanaken and B. Dost secured the home win 3-1 against Antwerp in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Waasland-Beveren.

Brugge has another fixture away, a Europa League game, against Dynamo Kyiv in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Brugge are regular goalscorers on their travels. Club Brugge are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Club Brugge - Sporting Charleroi 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Sporting Charleroi, two draws and five wins for Club Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
11 goals
Sporting CharleroiM. Fall
M. Fall
8 goals
CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
7 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 3 Won W 3 10 19
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
10 4 1 Lost L 1 1 4
39 13 5 Scored S 13 31 55
35 9 2 Conceded C 2 7 18
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
77% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 77%
54% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 65%
31% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 27%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 12%
58% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 46%
27% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 75% 54% 42%
19% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 9.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.3 9.1
3.8 4.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.8 5.5 4.2
39% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 44% 50%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (18) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (11) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most clean sheets (7) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most points (32) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (31) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals (55) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+24) away in Pro League
  • Club Brugge has the the best goal difference (+37) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting Charleroi have scored home.
  • Club Brugge is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 26 19 3 4 55 18 13 9 1 3 24 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 37 60
2 Antwerp 26 14 4 8 43 35 13 7 3 3 22 17 13 7 1 5 21 18 8 46
3 Genk 26 12 7 7 50 35 13 7 4 2 29 16 13 5 3 5 21 19 15 43
4 Anderlecht 26 10 11 5 36 27 13 7 6 0 18 6 13 3 5 5 18 21 9 41
5 KV Oostende 26 11 6 9 39 34 13 7 4 2 27 17 13 4 2 7 12 17 5 39
6 Standard Liege 26 10 9 7 37 30 13 5 6 2 19 15 13 5 3 5 18 15 7 39
7 Sporting Charleroi 26 11 5 10 39 35 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 6 2 6 26 26 4 38
8 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 11 4 11 47 50 13 6 3 4 26 22 13 5 1 7 21 28 -3 37
9 OH Leuven 26 10 7 9 41 42 13 6 2 5 16 17 13 4 5 4 25 25 -1 37
10 Mechelen 26 10 6 10 39 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 6 3 3 17 17 -3 36
11 Zulte-Waregem 26 10 4 12 39 46 14 4 2 8 16 28 12 6 2 4 23 18 -7 34
12 Gent 26 9 6 11 36 33 12 4 3 5 19 17 14 5 3 6 17 16 3 33
13 Kortrijk 26 9 6 11 32 37 14 5 2 7 21 27 12 4 4 4 11 10 -5 33
14 AS Eupen 26 7 11 8 32 42 13 4 4 5 18 22 13 3 7 3 14 20 -10 32
15 Sint-Truiden 26 8 6 12 34 40 13 5 3 5 17 14 13 3 3 7 17 26 -6 30
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 26 6 8 12 23 37 13 3 5 5 13 16 13 3 3 7 10 21 -14 26
17 Cercle Brugge 26 7 1 18 30 45 13 3 0 10 18 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -15 22
18 Waasland-Beveren 26 5 6 15 32 56 12 2 1 9 13 29 14 3 5 6 19 27 -24 21

Read more about Pro League

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.