The Sporting Charleroi & Standard Liege managers K. Belhocine and M. Preud'homme are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Pro League league table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Standard Liège are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have performed here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi this season with 9 wins from 13 Pro League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Two home wins in a row for Sporting Charleroi bring valid hopes of a third.
Sporting Charleroi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-1). Preceding that game was the away draw at Antwerp that finished 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Charleroi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Charleroi as a small favourite), we find three games. Sporting Charleroi has won one of these, drawn zero and lost two.
The Sporting Charleroi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 13 league matches. Sporting Charleroi have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Standard Liège form and stats
5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Standard Liège in their Pro League matches away.
Standard Liège had fun at their own home (Stade du Pays de Charleroi) last time out, beating Antwerp 1-0. O. Oularé scored. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Genk.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Standard Liège in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Standard Liège, two draws and two defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Standard Liège's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Standard Liège have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Standard Liège - Sporting Charleroi 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting Charleroi zero wins, six draws and Standard Liège four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Rezaei 11 goals |   S. Amallah 7 goals |  M. Lestienne 7 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 43 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 23 | 47 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 30 |
| 93% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 48% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 77% | 63% |
| 22% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 54% | 33% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 11% |
| 48% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 85% | 67% |
| 41% | 54% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 26% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 176 | 88 | 3 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 123 | 214 |
| 70 | 37 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 57 | 90 |
| 61% | 65% | 300% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 52% |
- 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.
- Standard Liège have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Club Brugge | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 42 | 64 |
| 2 | Gent | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Sporting Charleroi | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Genk | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -14 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 31 | -24 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 22 |
| 15 | Cercle Brugge | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 20 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -35 | 20 |