Pro League match tips and statistics for the Sporting Charleroi vs Mechelen clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi prepare for another match after their 2-3 result vs Genk, a game they learned a lot from. How will this affect the battle against Mechelen?

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most clean sheets (9) at home in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charleroi and Mechelen.

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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.

Sporting Charleroi are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Genk. Sporting Charleroi's goalkeeper Koffi was extremely busy against Genk, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Genk.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Charleroi have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.

Sporting Charleroi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. Charleroi have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mechelen form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League. Three has not been a lucky number for Mechelen as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Sporting Charleroi match.

Mechelen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Gent that ended with defeat 1-2. Late heartbreak for Mechelen in the Gent match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Peyre was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.35. The defender Peyre won 10 of 12 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gent wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Mechelen in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Mechelen, three draws and three defeats.

Mechelen find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Mechelen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Mechelen - Sporting Charleroi 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Charleroi victories, four draws and four Mechelen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MechelenN. Storm
N. Storm
15 goals
MechelenH. Cuypers
H. Cuypers
13 goals
MechelenK. Mrabti
K. Mrabti
10 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Charleroi Mechelen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
15 7 3 Won W 1 5 16
10 6 2 Drew D 0 3 7
13 6 1 Lost L 5 11 15
60 27 10 Scored S 4 23 61
55 21 5 Conceded C 15 42 68
92% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 74% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 84% 84%
63% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 61%
42% 26% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 42% 47%
16% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 32% 26%
42% 32% 17% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 63%
34% 47% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 16%
32% 37% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 32% 21%
 
4.6 5.7 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.9 5.7
5.5 4.9 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 7.2 6.2
1.6 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 5
 
13.3 14 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.7 11.5
5 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.4
32% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 29% 37%
 
13.5 10.4 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 15.8 14.6
4.9 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Mechelen have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Pro League
  • Mechelen have the most points from losing position (20) in Pro League
  • Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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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