Pro League news and pre-match guide: Sporting Charleroi modest betting favourite to overpower Standard Liège

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Sporting Charleroi prepare to contest Standard Liège in this Pro League game. All you can know about the fixture is found right here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

The first Pro League game here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi resulted in a draw. Last season Sporting Charleroi's home game statistics were 7 victories, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 17 games.

The fans are hoping that Sporting Charleroi will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Cercle Brugge (placed 7th). Midfield player Zorgane got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Zorgane hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 61 successful passes (of 74 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus OH Leuven.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting Charleroi have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting Charleroi's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Standard Liège had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 4 and lost 7.

Standard Liège are looking to quickly end their 259 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.

Home advantage was not enough for Standard in their previous game as they lost hosting Union Saint-Gilloise, 0-1. Standard Liège goalkeeper Bodart was happy for a grand day at work versus Union Saint-Gilloise, but despite managing seven saves the loss could not be helped.

Prior to that match, the Standard manager Hoefkens faced defeat when travelling to Sint-Truiden and losing 0-1.

Standard Liège are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

{0 goals} so far away for Standard Liège, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Charleroi, three draws and five wins for Standard Liège. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiO. Dabbagh
O. Dabbagh
1 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Charleroi Standard Liège
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
1 1 1 Scored S 0 0 0
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
3.5 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 8
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6 4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7.5
2.5 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
20% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
19 19 19 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 17.5
4 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 5.5
Sporting Charleroi Last season Standard Liège
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 16   Played P   20 39
14 7   Won W   6 15
6 2   Drew D   5 9
13 7   Lost L   9 15
45 23   Scored S   25 57
47 22   Conceded C   34 59
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
61% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 87%
61% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 56%
45% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 41%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 13%
58% 56%   BTTS BTTS   55% 51%
27% 19%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 31%
21% 25%   Failed to Score F T   30% 23%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5
5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.2
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
3 1   Red cards R C   5 11
 
11.8 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.7
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.9
33% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 37%
 
11.6 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 12.7
4.5 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.4

  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 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Gent 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sint-Truiden 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AS Eupen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Genk 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
7 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Antwerp 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 RWDM 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
11 OH Leuven 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
12 Westerlo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Mechelen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 Kortrijk 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liège 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 34 23 6 5 78 37 17 14 1 2 44 15 17 9 5 3 34 22 41 75
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 34 23 6 5 70 41 17 13 2 2 33 16 17 10 4 3 37 25 29 75
3 Antwerp 34 22 6 6 59 26 17 13 2 2 36 11 17 9 4 4 23 15 33 72
4 Club Brugge 34 16 11 7 61 36 17 10 6 1 40 15 17 6 5 6 21 21 25 59
5 Gent 34 16 8 10 64 38 17 9 4 4 28 16 17 7 4 6 36 22 26 56
6 Standard Liège 34 16 7 11 58 45 17 10 3 4 34 17 17 6 4 7 24 28 13 55
7 Westerlo 34 14 9 11 61 53 17 8 4 5 40 26 17 6 5 6 21 27 8 51
8 Cercle Brugge 34 13 11 10 50 46 17 8 7 2 31 18 17 5 4 8 19 28 4 50
9 OH Leuven 34 13 9 12 56 48 17 7 5 5 29 24 17 6 4 7 27 24 8 48
10 Sporting Charleroi 34 14 6 14 45 52 17 7 2 8 23 27 17 7 4 6 22 25 -7 48
11 Anderlecht 34 13 7 14 49 46 17 6 4 7 27 23 17 7 3 7 22 23 3 46
12 Sint-Truiden 34 11 9 14 37 40 17 6 4 7 20 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 -3 42
13 Mechelen 34 11 7 16 49 63 17 7 6 4 29 27 17 4 1 12 20 36 -14 40
14 Kortrijk 34 8 7 19 37 61 17 4 5 8 16 29 17 4 2 11 21 32 -24 31
15 AS Eupen 34 7 7 20 40 75 17 4 4 9 22 33 17 3 3 11 18 42 -35 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 34 6 9 19 50 78 17 3 4 10 27 46 17 3 5 9 23 32 -28 27
17 KV Oostende 34 7 6 21 37 76 17 5 1 11 18 33 17 2 5 10 19 43 -39 27
18 RFC Seraing 34 5 5 24 28 68 17 1 4 12 8 29 17 4 1 12 20 39 -40 20

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
2 Gent 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Sint-Truiden 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 AS Eupen 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Club Brugge 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
6 Genk 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3
7 Cercle Brugge 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
8 Antwerp 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Anderlecht 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
10 RWDM 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
11 OH Leuven 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
12 Westerlo 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Mechelen 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Sporting Charleroi 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
15 Kortrijk 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
16 Standard Liège 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0

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