There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Sporting Charleroi leading Waasland-Beveren by 17 points.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Sporting Charleroi so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi.
Happy days for Sporting Charleroi in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Sint-Truiden (placed 11th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Ahead of that match, Sporting Charleroi won a home game hosting AS Eupen (1-0).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gent are coming to town in four days.
The Sporting Charleroi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Sporting Charleroi have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Waasland-Beveren so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Waasland-Beveren's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 1-1 vs Cercle Brugge (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Kortrijk with the score of 3-1.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Waasland-Beveren have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Waasland-Beveren - Sporting Charleroi 0-4. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sporting Charleroi won 6, Waasland-Beveren won 1 and 3 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Morioka 6 goals |  K. Rezaei 5 goals |  M. Bruno 3 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Waasland-Beveren missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Waasland-Beveren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 24 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 80% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 7% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | 60 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 49 | 98 |
| 44 | 24 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 22 | 46 |
| 55% | 33% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 30% |
- Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 36 |
| 2 | Standard Liege | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Gent | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Genk | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 18 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -17 | 11 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -23 | 8 |