Balanced ball game between Sporting Charleroi and Gent expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 28.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (14967 seats)

Game week two of the Pro League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Sporting Charleroi - Gent preview:

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Only one draw at home so far for Sporting Charleroi. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 15 matches.

The points were shared in Sporting Charleroi's previous game, also at home. Visiting Gent travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A UEFA Europa League Play-offs defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Antwerp.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sporting Charleroi at home. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Sporting Charleroi's league statistics were 12 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Pro League. Over these 30 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Sporting Charleroi managed 7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 18 conceded.

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Gent form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season five away games resulted in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Charleroi in their previous outing. The Pro League match ended in a draw 1-1. That result followed a home victory 6-3 versus Viitorul in the Europa League.

It's early days yet, but Gent has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Gent performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. In total they scored 10 and conceded 15 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 6/8 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sporting Charleroi - Gent 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Sporting Charleroi wins - draws - Gent wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Bruno
1 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Gent missing players

Sporting Charleroi Gent
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 6
6 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 5 5
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Sporting Charleroi Last season Gent
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   20 40
12 7   Won   8 18
6 3   Drew   4 6
12 5   Lost   8 16
43 22   Scored   33 63
43 18   Conceded   32 60
97% 100%   Over 0.5   95% 95%
83% 80%   Over 1.5   95% 88%
63% 53%   Over 2.5   75% 72%
30% 27%   Over 3.5   45% 35%
10% 7%   Over 4.5   15% 15%
73% 67%   BTTS   65% 68%
13% 13%   Clean Sheets   20% 18%
17% 20%   Failed To Score   20% 20%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners For (avg)   5.2 6.2
4.1 3.6   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.9
1.9 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.8
4 1   Red Cards   7 8
Key stats last season:
  • Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Sporting Charleroi
All Pro League Club Friendlies UEFA Europa League Play-offs Belgian Cup
All Home Away
22-05-19 UE Kortrijk 1 - 2 Sporting Charleroi
26-05-19 UE Antwerp 3 - 2 Sporting Charleroi
16-07-19 CF Metz 2 - 1 Sporting Charleroi
19-07-19 CF Troyes 2 - 1 Sporting Charleroi
28-07-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 1 - 1 Gent
03-08-19 PRO Kortrijk 18:00 Sporting Charleroi
11-08-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 16:00 Antwerp
19-08-19 PRO Zulte-Waregem 18:30 Sporting Charleroi
24-08-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 16:00 Club Brugge
31-08-19 PRO Waasland-Beveren 18:30 Sporting Charleroi
Gent
All Pro League Europa League Club Friendlies Belgian Cup
All Home Away
28-06-19 CF Merelbeke 1 - 6 Gent
29-06-19 CF Dikkelvenne 0 - 6 Gent
13-07-19 CF Gent 4 - 2 Sint-Truiden
25-07-19 EL Gent 6 - 3 Viitorul
28-07-19 PRO Sporting Charleroi 1 - 1 Gent
01-08-19 EL Viitorul 15:00 Gent
04-08-19 PRO Gent 12:30 AS Eupen
11-08-19 PRO Royal Excel Mouscron 18:00 Gent
18-08-19 PRO Gent 18:00 KV Oostende
25-08-19 PRO Antwerp 12:30 Gent

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Club Brugge 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Mechelen 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 KV Oostende 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Gent 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Sporting Charleroi 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Anderlecht 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Sint-Truiden 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Waasland-Beveren 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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