A win for the hosts is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Sporting Charleroi fans are hopeful that the contrast between 6th and OH Leuven's 13th spot in the table will show on the grass.
- Sporting Charleroi have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Pro League
- OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Belgian Cup game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Club Brugge. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have played 9 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Charleroi in their previous game, a Pro League match away at AS Eupen (placed 10th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. As mentioned above, Sporting Charleroi "killed" AS Eupen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Koffi loved the game against AS Eupen. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-0 victory. Nicholson was absolutely essential when Charleroi beat AS Eupen 4-0, scoring three goals. The gifted forward Nicholson outdid all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Nicholson scored three goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Genk (2-4).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 Charleroi's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn two and lost zero.
The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Sporting Charleroi have conceded 9 in these home matches.
OH Leuven form and stats
There's been little loot from OH Leuven's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Pro League. OH Leuven only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.
There might be some fixture complaints from Leuven as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Belgian Cup match against Club Brugge (1-4).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Standard Liege.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Leuven playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, two draws and two home wins.
OH Leuven have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as OH Leuven have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. OH Leuven has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score OH Leuven - Charleroi 1-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Charleroi four wins, four draws and OH Leuven two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Nicholson 13 goals |  A. Gholizadeh 7 goals |   M. Maertens 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
OH Leuven missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | OH Leuven | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 38 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 95% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 65% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 60% |
| 45% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 56% | 45% |
| 15% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 5 | 6.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 0.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14.5 | 15.9 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 40% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 29% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 11.2 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 16.9 | 16 |
| 5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.5 |
- All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- OH Leuven have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting Charleroi have the fewest conceded goals (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 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | Gent | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Genk | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | AS Eupen | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | KV Oostende | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 23 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | OH Leuven | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 9 |
