The home manager Geraerts ready incite Union Saint-Gilloise triumph versus Sporting Charleroi

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 29.July
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Joseph Mariën (6000 seats)

It's only match two of the Pro League for these sides. And there's points to play for here at Stade Joseph Mariën as Union Saint-Gilloise welcome Sporting Charleroi. Get smart with this preview!

This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!

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Union Saint-Gilloise form and stats

The season before, Union Saint-Gilloise's league results were 24 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, resulting in 1st position in the Pro League. During these 34 matches they scored 78 goals and gave away 27. Playing as the host team in the previous season Union Saint-Gilloise generated 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 14 conceded.

An away draw last time out for Saint-Gilloise, facing Sint-Truiden in a game that ended 1-1. Burgess, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Burgess won 7 of 10 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Antwerp (0-1).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Rangers in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Joseph Mariën.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sporting Charleroi performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 9 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 5 with 31/30 goals scored/conceded.

Bessile, Zaroury and Gholizadeh scored in Sporting Charleroi's previous match, the home game against AS Eupen that ended 3-1. Eureka; their first win in the league after nine games not winning. Charleroi goalie Koffi was high and low in the AS Eupen game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Bessile was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.9. The defender Bessile scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Gent with the score of 2-1.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings with these teams: Union Saint-Gilloise won two, Sporting Charleroi were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Union Saint-GilloiseS. Adingra
S. Adingra
1 goals
Sporting CharleroiL. Bessile
L. Bessile
1 goals
Sporting CharleroiA. Gholizadeh
A. Gholizadeh
1 goals

Union Saint-Gilloise missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Union Saint-Gilloise Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 7
Union Saint-Gilloise Last season Sporting Charleroi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
26 11   Won W   9 17
6 3   Drew D   4 10
8 6   Lost L   7 13
83 35   Scored S   35 65
32 18   Conceded C   35 58
90% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
78% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 82%
55% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   80% 65%
38% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   55% 42%
18% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 18%
42% 40%   BTTS BTTS   55% 45%
45% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 32%
22% 30%   Failed to Score F T   25% 30%
 
5.6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.7
4.7 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.5
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
5 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.9 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.3
5.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 32%
 
10 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   16.7 13.7
3.1 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.1

  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 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 Club Brugge 6 4 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 6 50
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2 1 3 5 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 46
3 Anderlecht 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 40
4 Antwerp 6 1 1 4 3 10 3 0 1 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 -7 36

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 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 OH Leuven 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Zulte-Waregem 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Gent 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Standard Liege 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Sint-Truiden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Union Saint-Gilloise 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Westerlo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 AS Eupen 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 RFC Seraing 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.