Sporting Charleroi vs Standard Liège: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 04.October
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sporting Charleroi - Standard Liège!

Sporting Charleroi and Standard Liège should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

As mentioned below, Sporting Charleroi are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Pro League games.

Sporting Charleroi shared the glory with Royal Excel Mouscron in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Partizan (after extra-time).

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 Charleroi as a small favourite), we find four games. Sporting Charleroi has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.

Charleroi can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. Charleroi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Standard Liège form and stats

Standard Liège have six points from their first three away games in the Pro League, meaning two victories and a loss.

Standard's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zulte-Waregem that finished 2-2. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Vojvodina (after extra-time) in the Europa League.

The draw against Zulte-Waregem came from a losing position. The Standard manager P. Montanier brought on J. Muleka as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

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

Standard are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Charleroi won one, Standard Liège won three and six draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiK. Rezaei
K. Rezaei
5 goals
Sporting CharleroiS. Nicholson
S. Nicholson
3 goals
CharleroiM. Fall
M. Fall
2 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Sporting Charleroi Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 7
6 3 2 Won W 1 2 4
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
13 6 5 Scored S 3 5 10
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 57%
29% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
57% 67% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
66 41 28 Total Shots T S 13 41 71
28 16 14 Shots on Target S O 9 19 34
46% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 29%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals (3) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi has the most clean sheets (4) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting Charleroi have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Sporting Charleroi have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting Charleroi 7 6 1 0 13 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 3 1 0 7 2 10 19
2 Club Brugge 7 5 0 2 18 5 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 3 0 0 12 1 13 15
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 7 5 0 2 15 12 4 3 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 15
4 Standard Liège 7 4 2 1 10 5 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 14
5 Anderlecht 7 3 4 0 15 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 1 2 0 8 6 6 13
6 Antwerp 7 3 2 2 11 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 7 7 1 11
7 OH Leuven 7 3 2 2 11 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 8 7 0 11
8 Kortrijk 7 3 1 3 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 10
9 Cercle Brugge 7 3 0 4 9 9 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 0 9
10 KV Oostende 6 2 2 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
11 Genk 6 2 2 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 6 -1 8
12 AS Eupen 7 1 5 1 7 10 3 1 1 1 3 6 4 0 4 0 4 4 -3 8
13 Mechelen 7 2 1 4 8 10 4 1 1 2 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 7
14 Zulte-Waregem 7 2 1 4 9 16 4 1 0 3 5 11 3 1 1 1 4 5 -7 7
15 Gent 7 2 0 5 7 10 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -3 6
16 Sint-Truiden 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 5
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 7 0 3 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 5 -6 3
18 Waasland-Beveren 7 1 0 6 11 21 3 0 0 3 4 9 4 1 0 3 7 12 -10 3

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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.