Pro League prediction and preview: Sporting Charleroi modest favorites to beat OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Wed 27.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Pro League table so far. Here's the Sporting Charleroi - OH Leuven latest:

Insights:
  • OH Leuven have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting Charleroi have scored home.

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

5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Sporting Charleroi have to build on here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Pro League. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Sporting Charleroi with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Anderlecht game, 40 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

No payout for Charleroi in their previous match, an away game at Standard Liege that ended in defeat 2-3. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Anderlecht (0-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charleroi handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and two defeats.

Charleroi are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Kortrijk awaits in three days.

The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Charleroi have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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OH Leuven form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of OH Leuven playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Leuven's previous game was their home loss versus Gent (0-3). Prior to that result OH Leuven won their away game at Zulte-Waregem. The scoreline was 3-2.

OH Leuven are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as OH Leuven are hosting Beerschot-Wilrijk in the Pro League only three days away.

The Leuven manager M. Brys has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. Leuven have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Charleroi and OH Leuven have met before this season: OH Leuven - Sporting Charleroi 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Sporting Charleroi, two draws and three wins for OH Leuven. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
16 goals
Sporting CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
7 goals
Sporting CharleroiK. Rezaei
K. Rezaei
7 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Sporting Charleroi OH Leuven
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 10 2 Played P 3 11 23
10 5 1 Won W 2 4 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
10 4 1 Lost L 1 4 8
34 11 3 Scored S 8 23 39
32 7 2 Conceded C 8 23 39
96% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
57% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 78%
30% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 82% 48%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 36% 17%
52% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 91% 78%
30% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
22% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.5 8.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 7.6 8.7
3.3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.5 3.8
45% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 133% 59% 45%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting Charleroi have scored home.
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 16 3 4 48 16 12 8 1 3 21 10 11 8 2 1 27 6 32 51
2 Genk 23 11 6 6 46 31 11 6 4 1 25 12 12 5 2 5 21 19 15 39
3 Standard Liege 23 10 7 6 33 24 12 5 5 2 18 14 11 5 2 4 15 10 9 37
4 Antwerp 23 11 4 8 36 32 12 6 3 3 19 15 11 5 1 5 17 17 4 37
5 Anderlecht 23 9 9 5 33 25 12 7 5 0 18 6 11 2 4 5 15 19 8 36
6 KV Oostende 23 10 5 8 33 29 11 6 3 2 22 14 12 4 2 6 11 15 4 35
7 OH Leuven 23 10 5 8 39 39 12 6 2 4 16 16 11 4 3 4 23 23 0 35
8 Sporting Charleroi 23 10 3 10 34 32 10 5 1 4 11 7 13 5 2 6 23 25 2 33
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 10 3 10 45 48 11 6 2 3 25 20 12 4 1 7 20 28 -3 33
10 AS Eupen 23 7 9 7 29 37 11 4 3 4 17 19 12 3 6 3 12 18 -8 30
11 Gent 23 9 3 11 33 30 10 4 1 5 16 14 13 5 2 6 17 16 3 30
12 Zulte-Waregem 23 9 3 11 34 41 13 3 2 8 14 27 10 6 1 3 20 14 -7 30
13 Kortrijk 23 8 5 10 28 34 13 5 2 6 20 24 10 3 3 4 8 10 -6 29
14 Mechelen 23 8 5 10 35 40 13 4 2 7 22 25 10 4 3 3 13 15 -5 29
15 Sint-Truiden 23 7 5 11 29 36 12 4 3 5 14 14 11 3 2 6 15 22 -7 26
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 23 6 6 11 21 32 11 3 4 4 12 12 12 3 2 7 9 20 -11 24
17 Cercle Brugge 23 7 1 15 29 39 11 3 0 8 17 22 12 4 1 7 12 17 -10 22
18 Waasland-Beveren 23 5 6 12 28 48 10 2 1 7 11 24 13 3 5 5 17 24 -20 21

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.