Sporting Charleroi vs Gent: Match guide and preview

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

A lot of action is expected at Stade du Pays de Charleroi when Sporting Charleroi challenge Gent in what could be a top-notch fixture. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Pro League
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League

Sporting Charleroi and Gent 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

The story so far in the Pro League for Sporting Charleroi at their home stadium (Stade du Pays de Charleroi) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Charleroi bring valid hopes of a third.

The supporters are hoping that Sporting Charleroi will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Mechelen.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Zulte-Waregem in a game that was won 3-0.

The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 17 matches. Charleroi have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gent form and stats

7-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gent in their Pro League matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mechelen game have they lost an away game, meaning Gent has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Gent failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Genk that ended with defeat 0-1. Late heartbreak for Gent in the Genk match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Midfield player Sart was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.34/10. Sart dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The visiting Gent have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. Gent are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Sporting Charleroi - Gent 0-0. Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Sporting Charleroi, two draws and four wins for Gent. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

GentT. Tissoudali
T. Tissoudali
19 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
10 goals
CharleroiA. Gholizadeh
A. Gholizadeh
7 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Gent missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Charleroi Gent
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 4 17 35
15 7 0 Won W 1 7 18
9 5 1 Drew D 2 5 8
11 5 3 Lost L 1 5 9
55 24 2 Scored S 3 19 56
47 16 8 Conceded C 3 14 31
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 91%
80% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 63%
60% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 46%
37% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 26%
14% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
37% 24% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 35% 43%
37% 53% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 47% 40%
34% 41% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 26%
 
4.6 5.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.4 6
5.5 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5 4.8
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
13.5 14.3 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.1 14.7
5 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.5 5.5
32% 26% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 25% 29%
 
13.3 10.4 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.4 10.3
4.7 4.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.6
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Gent have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Pro League
  • 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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

Table
  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 34 24 5 5 78 27 17 10 3 4 32 14 17 14 2 1 46 13 51 77
2 Club Brugge 34 21 9 4 72 37 17 10 6 1 36 16 17 11 3 3 36 21 35 72
3 Anderlecht 34 18 10 6 72 36 17 10 5 2 41 19 17 8 5 4 31 17 36 64
4 Antwerp 34 19 6 9 55 38 17 9 4 4 30 19 17 10 2 5 25 19 17 63
5 Gent 34 18 8 8 56 30 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 7 5 5 19 14 26 62
6 Sporting Charleroi 34 15 9 10 55 46 17 7 5 5 24 16 17 8 4 5 31 30 9 54
7 Mechelen 34 15 7 12 57 61 17 10 4 3 36 24 17 5 3 9 21 37 -4 52
8 Genk 34 15 6 13 66 47 17 10 3 4 39 18 17 5 3 9 27 29 19 51
9 Sint-Truiden 34 15 6 13 42 40 17 7 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 16 17 2 51
10 Cercle Brugge 34 12 9 13 49 46 17 6 4 7 23 20 17 6 5 6 26 26 3 45
11 OH Leuven 34 10 11 13 47 58 17 7 4 6 25 25 17 3 7 7 22 33 -11 41
12 KV Oostende 34 10 7 17 34 61 17 5 3 9 19 37 17 5 4 8 15 24 -27 37
13 Kortrijk 34 9 10 15 43 48 17 5 4 8 23 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 -5 37
14 Standard Liege 34 9 9 16 32 51 17 3 5 9 15 26 17 6 4 7 17 25 -19 36
15 AS Eupen 34 8 8 18 37 61 17 4 4 9 18 29 17 4 4 9 19 32 -24 32
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 8 8 18 42 69 17 5 4 8 23 32 17 3 4 10 19 37 -27 32
17 RFC Seraing 34 8 4 22 30 68 17 5 3 9 16 30 17 3 1 13 14 38 -38 28
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 4 4 26 33 76 17 4 1 12 16 33 17 0 3 14 17 43 -43 16

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