A crucial match in Pro League as both contenders are struggling for the top league positions. With Sporting Charleroi in 6th place and Gent at 5th, this promises to be an exciting fight. Read on to find out more!
- Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
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.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have played 10 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Stress levels are on the rise for Charleroi's attacking players as they have now played 221 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nicholson was their last goal scorer.
In their previous game, the manager Still led his Sporting Charleroi to a defeat in the Pro League match away at Antwerp. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi. The gifted forward Gholizadeh bested all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 7.23 out of 10. Gholizadeh hit one key pass and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to OH Leuven (0-3).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kortrijk are coming to town in three days.
Sporting Charleroi has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Sporting Charleroi have conceded 12 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Gent form and stats
3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away.
Gent's last game was the home draw against Kortrijk (2-2). Midfield player Kums was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.44/10. Kums hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 75 successful passes (of 82 total).
A 0-0 draw at Union Saint-Gilloise's stadium before that.After this away game Gent return home for a Pro League game against KV Oostende. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gent have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Gent have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Gent - Sporting Charleroi 2-3 was the product when these sides formerly did battle, earlier this season. Last ten meetings with these contenders: Sporting Charleroi won five, Gent triumphed in four and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nicholson 13 goals |   T. Tissoudali 10 goals |  A. Gholizadeh 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Gent missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 38 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 35 |
| 32 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 91% |
| 86% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 45% | 68% |
| 68% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 41% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 27% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 45% | 30% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 50% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 27% | 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 27% |
| 5 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 16.2 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 14.9 | 15.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 36% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 11.3 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.3 |
- 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 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 47 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Gent | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Genk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | OH Leuven | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Standard Liege | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 24 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -20 | 23 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -29 | 9 |
