Sporting Charleroi will aim to draw on their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Gent.
- All of Sporting Charleroi's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pro League
Gent could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Pro League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Anderlecht. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have played three Pro League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Charleroi, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Sporting Charleroi fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi: A 1-3 defeat against Club Brugge (placed 3rd). Ditu, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Ditu hit four key passes and won 9 of 11 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Zulte-Waregem.A decent goal production from Sporting Charleroi in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sporting Charleroi with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Gent form and stats
The seven points Gent have gathered from their first three away trips in the Pro League is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Two trips in a row for Gent, whose coach Vanhaezebrouck could celebrate last time after the win against Anderlecht. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Vanhaezebrouck when Cuypers scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Defender Ngadeu was the best team player with a rating of 8.12. Ngadeu won 4 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Antwerp.The schedule is very tough for Gent now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa Conference League game at Molde is waiting in only four days.
6 goals so far away for Gent, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these participants: Sporting Charleroi won four, Gent triumphed in four and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Cuypers 4 goals |   J. Kayembe Ditu 1 goals |  L. Bessile 1 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Gent missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7 | 6.7 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 15.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 16 | 15.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 28% | 29% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 29% |
| 11.5 | 10.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
- All of Sporting Charleroi's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Gent have not yet lost a game away.
- Gent have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gent have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in Pro League
- Gent have the most points from losing position (7) in Pro League
- Gent have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Charleroi 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 | Antwerp | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Genk | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Gent | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Westerlo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Kortrijk | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 3 |
