Stade du Pays de Charleroi: Sporting Charleroi vs Union Saint-Gilloise Pro League full preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15000 seats)

Pro League: Two squads who have performed fine thus far. Get smart on Sporting Charleroi - Union Saint-Gilloise with this full preview!

Insights:
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (59) in Pro League

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.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Sporting Charleroi have collected 19 points from their Pro League home games so far after 5-4-4.

Sporting Charleroi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-2). Ditu (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Ditu hit two key passes.

Before that, Charleroi had a home game versus RFC Seraing which ended with a victory 2-0.

Sporting Charleroi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games.

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Pro League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mechelen game have they lost an away game, meaning Union Saint-Gilloise has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Saint-Gilloise in their previous game as they lost hosting Sint-Truiden, 0-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Antwerp with the score of 2-0.

Union Saint-Gilloise create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 33 goals in 13 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Union Saint-Gilloise - Sporting Charleroi 4-0 was the score in these participants' latest head-to-head game, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sporting Charleroi one win, zero draws and Union Saint-Gilloise one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseD. Vanzeir
D. Vanzeir
14 goals
CharleroiA. Gholizadeh
A. Gholizadeh
7 goals
Union Saint-GilloiseC. Nielsen
C. Nielsen
5 goals

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting Charleroi Union Saint-Gilloise
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
12 5 0 Won W 3 10 19
7 4 2 Drew D 1 2 3
8 4 2 Lost L 0 1 5
42 16 2 Scored S 7 33 59
35 13 5 Conceded C 1 9 22
93% 85% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 93%
81% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 81%
56% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 62% 59%
33% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 37%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
41% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 44%
37% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 54% 48%
30% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 8% 15%
 
5 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 5.4
6 5.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.7 4.8
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.1 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.2 13.7
4.8 5.1 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.1 5.4
32% 24% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 42% 41%
 
14 10.2 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.2 10.4
4.8 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.1
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting Charleroi have scored home.
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (13) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most clean sheets (7) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most points (32) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (33) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals (59) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Pro League
  • Union Saint-Gilloise have the the best goal difference (+37) in Pro League

  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 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 Genk 26 11 5 10 50 38 13 7 3 3 28 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 12 38
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liège 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 16

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 27 19 3 5 59 22 14 9 1 4 26 13 13 10 2 1 33 9 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 16 5 6 47 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 9 2 3 22 13 19 53
3 Club Brugge 27 14 9 4 49 32 14 7 6 1 27 14 13 7 3 3 22 18 17 51
4 Anderlecht 27 13 9 5 58 32 13 6 5 2 30 18 14 7 4 3 28 14 26 48
5 Gent 27 12 7 8 39 27 13 7 3 3 25 15 14 5 4 5 14 12 12 43
6 Sporting Charleroi 27 12 7 8 42 35 13 5 4 4 16 13 14 7 3 4 26 22 7 43
7 Mechelen 25 13 3 9 45 41 14 9 2 3 29 18 11 4 1 6 16 23 4 42
8 Genk 26 11 5 10 50 38 13 7 3 3 28 16 13 4 2 7 22 22 12 38
9 OH Leuven 26 9 9 8 39 42 13 6 3 4 19 20 13 3 6 4 20 22 -3 36
10 Cercle Brugge 27 10 5 12 38 34 13 4 2 7 15 16 14 6 3 5 23 18 4 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 10 4 13 30 37 13 4 2 7 17 20 14 6 2 6 13 17 -7 34
12 Kortrijk 27 8 10 9 32 34 13 4 4 5 14 17 14 4 6 4 18 17 -2 34
13 Standard Liège 26 7 8 11 29 42 13 2 5 6 13 21 13 5 3 5 16 21 -13 29
14 KV Oostende 27 8 4 15 27 52 13 4 1 8 15 32 14 4 3 7 12 20 -25 28
15 AS Eupen 27 7 6 14 32 46 13 3 3 7 13 22 14 4 3 7 19 24 -14 27
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 6 8 13 37 56 14 3 4 7 19 30 13 3 4 6 18 26 -19 26
17 RFC Seraing 27 7 2 18 26 53 14 5 2 7 15 22 13 2 0 11 11 31 -27 23
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 26 4 4 18 27 55 14 4 1 9 13 25 12 0 3 9 14 30 -28 16

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