Pro League: Sporting Charleroi - Genk pre-match guide and numbers

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

It's only been 15 days and nights since Sporting Charleroi played against Kortrijk and the result was 2-2. Can they win against Genk?

Insights:
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Pro League

Sporting Charleroi and Genk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Sporting Charleroi have played 5 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Charleroi manager E. Still might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Charleroi shared the glory with Kortrijk in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The Charleroi goalkeeper Hervé Koffi was crucial in the match against Kortrijk last time out, making seven saves. The hometeam coach E. Still made a successful contribution in the game against Kortrijk, bringing on Ali Gholizadeh who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Ryota Morioka (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.45/10. Morioka served one assist and hit six key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Mechelen with the scoreline 0-2.

The Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Charleroi's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Genk form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Genk are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Genk are travelling again after losing away to AS Eupen in their previous match (2-3). Genk were so close to getting something from the game against AS Eupen, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime. Attacker Junya Ito got a player rating of 8.4 in the game. "Man of the match" Ito hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

The game before that, in the Europa League, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to West Ham United.

Genk are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. For Genk, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these participants: Charleroi won one, Genk were winners in six and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
9 goals
CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
5 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
4 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Genk missing players

Sporting Charleroi Genk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 3 5 10
3 1 0 Won W 2 2 5
5 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
2 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
17 6 1 Scored S 5 9 21
13 6 2 Conceded C 3 10 15
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
50% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 70%
40% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 30%
60% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 70%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
30% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.5 7.8 10 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 5.1
6.5 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 5.1
1.9 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.9 17.2 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 13 15.2
5.3 5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 5.8
32% 24% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 41% 36%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Genk's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Genk have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Genk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Genk have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Genk have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Pro League
  • Genk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 AS Eupen 10 6 2 2 21 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 4 1 0 14 5 9 20
2 Antwerp 10 6 2 2 20 13 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 3 1 1 11 7 7 20
3 Union Saint-Gilloise 10 6 1 3 20 9 5 3 0 2 9 4 5 3 1 1 11 5 11 19
4 Club Brugge 10 5 4 1 18 13 5 2 3 0 10 6 5 3 1 1 8 7 5 19
5 Genk 10 5 2 3 21 15 5 3 1 1 12 5 5 2 1 2 9 10 6 17
6 Anderlecht 10 4 4 2 19 12 5 2 2 1 13 7 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 16
7 Mechelen 10 5 1 4 18 19 5 4 0 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 12 -1 16
8 Kortrijk 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 2 2 1 8 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 15
9 Sporting Charleroi 10 3 5 2 17 13 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 2 3 0 11 7 4 14
10 Sint-Truiden 10 4 2 4 10 12 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 3 1 1 5 3 -2 14
11 KV Oostende 10 4 2 4 14 18 5 2 1 2 6 8 5 2 1 2 8 10 -4 14
12 Standard Liege 10 4 1 5 10 17 5 1 1 3 5 9 5 3 0 2 5 8 -7 13
13 RFC Seraing 10 4 0 6 13 17 5 3 0 2 10 6 5 1 0 4 3 11 -4 12
14 Gent 10 3 2 5 16 13 5 3 1 1 14 7 5 0 1 4 2 6 3 11
15 Zulte-Waregem 10 2 3 5 15 23 5 0 2 3 7 14 5 2 1 2 8 9 -8 9
16 OH Leuven 10 1 6 3 9 17 5 1 3 1 5 7 5 0 3 2 4 10 -8 9
17 Cercle Brugge 10 2 2 6 11 16 5 0 1 4 3 9 5 2 1 2 8 7 -5 8
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 10 0 2 8 7 22 5 0 0 5 0 9 5 0 2 3 7 13 -15 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.