Standard Liège look to Stade Maurice Dufrasne supporters for inspiration before Sporting Charleroi match

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Maurice Dufrasne (27670 seats)

More points have been won by Standard Liège at this point, with the 6th place in the Pro League table and eagerly waiting for Sporting Charleroi (who are in 8th).

Insights:
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League

This could be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Standard Liège form and stats

9 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Standard Liège have to build on here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in the Pro League.

The Standard regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Genk and win 2-0. Standard Liège goalkeeper Bodart did an outstanding job against Genk with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. The goalie Bodart was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.23 out of ten. Bodart topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the game before, an away victory match versus KV Oostende with a 3-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Standard Liège handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The Standard Liège fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Playing away, Sporting Charleroi have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Pro League this season. Charleroi are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Sporting Charleroi had fun at their own home (Stade Maurice Dufrasne) last time out, beating Zulte-Waregem 3-2. Marcq, Bayo and Mbenza scored. Late drama in the previous game, when Marcq scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time to defeat Zulte-Waregem. The attacker Badji got a match rating of 7.62 in that game. Badji hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Westerlo.

We have checked recent matches where Charleroi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

The visiting Sporting Charleroi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Sporting Charleroi in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting Charleroi - Standard 0-1 was the scoreline in these participants' latest head to head match, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Standard Liège won four, Sporting Charleroi were winners in two and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeP. Zinckernagel
P. Zinckernagel
9 goals
Sporting CharleroiD. Heymans
D. Heymans
6 goals
Standard LiègeN. Dussenne
N. Dussenne
5 goals

Standard Liège missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Standard Liège Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
15 9 3 Won W 1 7 14
7 3 1 Drew D 2 4 6
10 4 1 Lost L 2 5 12
53 31 11 Scored S 4 21 42
41 16 4 Conceded C 7 22 42
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
88% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 56% 56%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 56%
38% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 41%
16% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 25% 19%
47% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 53%
38% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 31%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 19% 25%
 
5.1 5.9 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.1 4.3
5.2 4.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.9 5
2.4 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.2
9 4 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.9 13 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 10.2 11.6
4.1 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.6 4.1
38% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 36% 33%
 
12.6 11.8 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 14.4 11.9
4.1 3.4 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 5.3 4.5
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi have the most points from losing position (19) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (5-0-1) in Pro League
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 32 22 5 5 71 33 16 13 1 2 39 13 16 9 4 3 32 20 38 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 32 21 6 5 64 38 16 12 2 2 31 15 16 9 4 3 33 23 26 69
3 Antwerp 32 20 6 6 57 26 16 12 2 2 35 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 31 66
4 Gent 32 16 7 9 62 35 16 9 4 3 27 14 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 55
5 Club Brugge 32 15 10 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 55
6 Standard Liège 32 15 7 10 53 41 16 9 3 4 31 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 12 52
7 Westerlo 32 14 7 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 49
8 Sporting Charleroi 31 14 5 12 42 42 15 7 1 7 21 20 16 7 4 5 21 22 0 47
9 Anderlecht 32 13 7 12 45 38 16 6 4 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 46
10 Cercle Brugge 32 11 11 10 44 43 16 7 7 2 28 17 16 4 4 8 16 26 1 44
11 OH Leuven 32 11 9 12 49 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 16 5 4 7 23 24 3 42
12 Sint-Truiden 32 11 9 12 36 36 16 6 4 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 0 42
13 Mechelen 31 9 6 16 40 60 16 7 5 4 28 26 15 2 1 12 12 34 -20 33
14 Kortrijk 32 8 7 17 35 56 16 4 5 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 31
15 AS Eupen 32 7 7 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 16 3 3 10 18 35 -24 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 5 9 18 43 74 16 3 4 9 25 43 16 2 5 9 18 31 -31 24
17 KV Oostende 32 6 6 20 35 71 16 5 1 10 18 29 16 1 5 10 17 42 -36 24
18 RFC Seraing 32 5 4 23 26 65 16 1 3 12 7 28 16 4 1 11 19 37 -39 19

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 Genk 32 22 5 5 71 33 16 13 1 2 39 13 16 9 4 3 32 20 38 71
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 32 21 6 5 64 38 16 12 2 2 31 15 16 9 4 3 33 23 26 69
3 Antwerp 32 20 6 6 57 26 16 12 2 2 35 11 16 8 4 4 22 15 31 66
4 Gent 32 16 7 9 62 35 16 9 4 3 27 14 16 7 3 6 35 21 27 55
5 Club Brugge 32 15 10 7 54 36 16 9 6 1 33 15 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 55
6 Standard Liège 32 15 7 10 53 41 16 9 3 4 31 16 16 6 4 6 22 25 12 52
7 Westerlo 32 14 7 11 60 52 16 8 3 5 40 26 16 6 4 6 20 26 8 49
8 Sporting Charleroi 31 14 5 12 42 42 15 7 1 7 21 20 16 7 4 5 21 22 0 47
9 Anderlecht 32 13 7 12 45 38 16 6 4 6 25 20 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 46
10 Cercle Brugge 32 11 11 10 44 43 16 7 7 2 28 17 16 4 4 8 16 26 1 44
11 OH Leuven 32 11 9 12 49 46 16 6 5 5 26 22 16 5 4 7 23 24 3 42
12 Sint-Truiden 32 11 9 12 36 36 16 6 4 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 16 18 0 42
13 Mechelen 31 9 6 16 40 60 16 7 5 4 28 26 15 2 1 12 12 34 -20 33
14 Kortrijk 32 8 7 17 35 56 16 4 5 7 14 25 16 4 2 10 21 31 -21 31
15 AS Eupen 32 7 7 18 39 63 16 4 4 8 21 28 16 3 3 10 18 35 -24 28
16 Zulte-Waregem 32 5 9 18 43 74 16 3 4 9 25 43 16 2 5 9 18 31 -31 24
17 KV Oostende 32 6 6 20 35 71 16 5 1 10 18 29 16 1 5 10 17 42 -36 24
18 RFC Seraing 32 5 4 23 26 65 16 1 3 12 7 28 16 4 1 11 19 37 -39 19

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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.