There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Sporting Charleroi leading Kortrijk by 21 points.
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 are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Kortrijk are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 14 Pro League games here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi for Sporting Charleroi. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi after three straight home wins.
Sporting Charleroi enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gent's place. The match ended 4-1 with S. Nicholson, K. Rezaei, M. Ilaimaharitra and M. Fall scoring. Ahead of that match, Sporting Charleroi won a home game hosting Standard Liège (2-0).
A decent goal production from Sporting Charleroi in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 14 league matches. Sporting Charleroi have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kortrijk form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.
Home advantage was not enough for Kortrijk in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Antwerp, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Zulte-Waregem.
The visiting Kortrijk have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. Kortrijk struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Kortrijk - Sporting Charleroi 1-1. Sporting Charleroi-Kortrijk H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting Charleroi five wins, Kortrijk three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 K. Rezaei 12 goals | S. Nicholson 8 goals |   I. Mboyo 8 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 15 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 49 | 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 40 |
| 23 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | 44 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 76% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 48% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| 24% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 34% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 59% |
| 41% | 57% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 17% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 204 | 102 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 61 | 145 |
| 85 | 43 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 31 | 78 |
| 58% | 60% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 52% | 51% |
- Kortrijk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kortrijk have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 30 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -39 | 20 |