Waasland-Beveren and Sporting Charleroi spectators can't wait for Pro League clash at Freethielstadion

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Freethielstadion (13200 seats)

Waasland-Beveren hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 17th position in the Pro League table. Visiting Sporting Charleroi holds 9th place with 38 pts.

Insights:
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (56) in Pro League
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Pro League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus AS Eupen, was also a home game here at Freethielstadion. The away team is better rested.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

Waasland-Beveren's struggle is real here at Freethielstadion with only 10 points collected from 13 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-9.

Waasland-Beveren's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus AS Eupen (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Waasland-Beveren lost 0-2 at home to Club Brugge.

Waasland-Beveren has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Waasland-Beveren have conceded 29 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Sporting Charleroi playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.

Sporting Charleroi are travelling again after losing away to Gent in their previous match (1-3). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Zulte-Waregem in the Pro League.

Charleroi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 14 away games so far. Charleroi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sporting Charleroi - Waasland-Beveren 0-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Waasland-Beveren won two, Sporting Charleroi won five and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiM. Fall
M. Fall
8 goals
Waasland-BeverenD. Heymans
D. Heymans
7 goals
Waasland-BeverenA. Koita
A. Koita
7 goals

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Waasland-Beveren Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 14 26
6 3 0 Won W 3 6 11
6 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
15 9 4 Lost L 1 6 10
33 14 5 Scored S 11 26 39
56 29 14 Conceded C 9 26 35
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
93% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 77%
56% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 79% 54%
44% 38% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 31%
33% 31% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 29% 15%
67% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 79% 58%
19% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 27%
19% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.1 9.5 5.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.2 8.1
3.1 4.1 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.1 3.8
40% 26% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 92% 59% 39%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Sporting Charleroi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting Charleroi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (29) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (56) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-23) in Pro League
  • Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Waasland-Beveren 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 Club Brugge 26 19 3 4 55 18 13 9 1 3 24 11 13 10 2 1 31 7 37 60
2 Antwerp 27 14 5 8 44 36 13 7 3 3 22 17 14 7 2 5 22 19 8 47
3 Genk 27 12 7 8 51 38 13 7 4 2 29 16 14 5 3 6 22 22 13 43
4 KV Oostende 27 12 6 9 42 35 14 8 4 2 30 18 13 4 2 7 12 17 7 42
5 Anderlecht 27 10 12 5 36 27 13 7 6 0 18 6 14 3 6 5 18 21 9 42
6 OH Leuven 27 11 7 9 44 43 14 7 2 5 19 18 13 4 5 4 25 25 1 40
7 Standard Liege 27 10 10 7 38 31 14 5 7 2 20 16 13 5 3 5 18 15 7 40
8 Mechelen 27 11 6 10 41 43 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 7 3 3 19 18 -2 39
9 Sporting Charleroi 26 11 5 10 39 35 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 6 2 6 26 26 4 38
10 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 11 4 12 48 52 14 6 3 5 27 24 13 5 1 7 21 28 -4 37
11 Zulte-Waregem 27 11 4 12 41 47 14 4 2 8 16 28 13 7 2 4 25 19 -6 37
12 Gent 27 10 6 11 40 33 13 5 3 5 23 17 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 36
13 Kortrijk 27 9 6 12 33 40 14 5 2 7 21 27 13 4 4 5 12 13 -7 33
14 AS Eupen 27 7 11 9 32 43 13 4 4 5 18 22 14 3 7 4 14 21 -11 32
15 Sint-Truiden 27 8 6 13 35 42 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 3 7 17 26 -7 30
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 6 8 13 23 41 13 3 5 5 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 25 -18 26
17 Waasland-Beveren 27 6 6 15 33 56 13 3 1 9 14 29 14 3 5 6 19 27 -23 24
18 Cercle Brugge 27 7 2 18 30 45 14 3 1 10 18 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -15 23

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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.