Pro League fixture lowdown: Sporting Charleroi versus Club Brugge

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 26.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi contest Club Brugge for honour and success.

Insights:
  • All of Sporting Charleroi's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Only two Pro League home games for Sporting Charleroi so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

It's back home for Sporting Charleroi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zulte-Waregem away with the result 3-1. Heymans, Zaroury and Ditu found the net in that victory. Midfielder Nkuba was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.75 (out of ten) in that game. Nkuba served one assist, hit three key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that match, a win away at RFC Seraing.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sporting Charleroi at home in the league. 4 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Club Brugge are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Kortrijk (placed 13th). Olsen got a match rating of 8.8 in that game, top player of the team. Olsen served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at OH Leuven.

It's early days yet, but Club Brugge has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: three wins for Sporting Charleroi, two draws and five wins for Club Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Club BruggeA. Olsen
A. Olsen
3 goals
CharleroiA. Zaroury
A. Zaroury
2 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Sporting Charleroi Club Brugge
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
3 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
8 4 0 Scored S 3 4 10
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 80%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 7.6
3.8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 4.2
1.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.5 18.6
4.8 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3
33% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 80% 67%
 
11 8.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.5 12.6
5.2 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5 5.4
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Club Brugge's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Sporting Charleroi's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Club Brugge have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Club Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Sporting Charleroi Last season Club Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
17 8   Won W   13 25
10 6   Drew D   4 11
13 6   Lost L   3 4
65 30   Scored S   41 80
58 23   Conceded C   22 39
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
82% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 82%
65% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 55%
42% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 42%
18% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 18%
45% 35%   BTTS BTTS   60% 57%
32% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 40%
30% 35%   Failed to Score F T   10% 8%
 
4.7 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.3
5.5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.5
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   5 9
 
13.3 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14.6
5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.5
32% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
 
13.7 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.5
5.1 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.5

  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 5 4 0 1 15 8 3 3 0 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 6 4 7 12
2 Antwerp 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 12
3 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 10 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 10
4 Anderlecht 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 6 9
5 Sporting Charleroi 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 9
6 OH Leuven 5 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Gent 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Mechelen 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
9 Union Saint-Gilloise 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -1 7
10 Westerlo 5 2 0 3 11 11 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 3 5 9 0 6
11 KV Oostende 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 6
12 Sint-Truiden 5 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 -2 6
13 Kortrijk 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 4
14 Standard Liege 5 1 1 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 4
15 Zulte-Waregem 5 1 1 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
16 Cercle Brugge 5 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
17 RFC Seraing 5 1 0 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -4 3
18 AS Eupen 5 1 0 4 6 12 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 7 -6 3

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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.