It's advantage Sporting Charleroi so far with their 5th position in the Pro League table, welcoming Mechelen who are placed 7th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 Pro League games here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi for Sporting Charleroi. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Sporting Charleroi has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Anderlecht defeat 112 days ago. Ever since the Anderlecht game Sporting Charleroi has been unbeatable here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi producing five straight wins.
Sporting Charleroi manager K. Belhocine and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus AS Eupen (placed 13th) in the Pro League. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Royal Excel Mouscron the opponent.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sporting Charleroi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sporting Charleroi as they have a new game in only four days, a Pro League match thankfully also at home. Club Brugge are visiting.
The Sporting Charleroi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. Sporting Charleroi have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mechelen form and stats
As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Mechelen have produced an overall stat of 6-1-4 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Pro League home defeat versus Standard Liège with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Royal Excel Mouscron.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Mechelen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Mechelen have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Mechelen have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting Charleroi and Mechelen have met before this season: Mechelen - Sporting Charleroi 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Charleroi 6 wins, 3 draws and Mechelen 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Rezaei 8 goals |   I. Rinck de Camargo 8 goals | W. Togui 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 36 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 81% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| 52% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 68% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 41% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 52% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 59% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 27% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 2.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 138 | 79 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 39 | 138 |
| 58 | 32 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 18 | 65 |
| 62% | 56% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 83% | 51% |
- Mechelen has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- 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 at home.
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Genk | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 11 |