Balanced ball game between Zulte-Waregem and Sporting Charleroi expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Zulte-Waregem oppose Sporting Charleroi for kudos and victory.

This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of spark and energy as both parties are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Zulte-Waregem form and stats

Zulte-Waregem are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Pro League games here. Zulte-Waregem are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

Zulte-Waregem's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Club Brugge (placed 3rd). The goalie Louis Bostyn was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 6.9 out of ten. Bostyn stopped the opponent with seven saves. As you see from the result above, Zulte-Waregem suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Louis Bostyn had a busy but productive day in the Club Brugge match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that match, a win away at Sint-Truiden.

Early season league goal statistics from Zulte-Waregem's 2 home games: 1 goal, 6 conceded.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

Sporting Charleroi are still undefeated on their travels in the Pro League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other. Charleroi have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Sporting Charleroi's last game was the home draw against Antwerp (1-1). Attacker Anass Zaroury got a player rating of 8.02 in the game. "Man of the match" Zaroury scored one goal and hit four key passes. Hervé Koffi had red hot gloves after the game against Antwerp, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to OH Leuven.

4 goals so far away for Sporting Charleroi, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Zulte-Waregem won four, Sporting Charleroi were winners in five and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Zulte-WaregemJ. Vossen
J. Vossen
2 goals
Zulte-WaregemZ. Gano
Z. Gano
2 goals
Sporting CharleroiA. Zaroury
A. Zaroury
2 goals

Zulte-Waregem missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Zulte-Waregem Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 1 Scored S 1 4 5
8 6 2 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
3.8 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.5 7.2
5.2 6.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 8 5.5
2.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 19 14 15.5
4.5 2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 7.5 6
28% 25% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 27% 21%
Zulte-Waregem Last season Sporting Charleroi
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 6   Won W   6 11
4 2   Drew D   3 9
16 9   Lost L   8 14
53 23   Scored S   28 46
69 38   Conceded C   33 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 79%
76% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 53%
44% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 29%
29% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 15%
68% 65%   BTTS BTTS   76% 62%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 24%
18% 24%   Failed to Score F T   12% 21%
 
4.6 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.2
5.3 5.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
7.6 5.8   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 9.1
3.2 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.9
49% 55%   Goal Efficiency G E   54% 35%

  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 4 3 0 1 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
2 KV Oostende 4 3 0 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 7 5 0 9
3 Club Brugge 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 8
4 AS Eupen 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
5 Genk 4 2 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7
6 Anderlecht 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
7 Standard Liege 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 -1 7
8 Sporting Charleroi 4 1 3 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 6
9 Kortrijk 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 6
10 Cercle Brugge 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
11 Antwerp 4 1 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 8 6 1 4
12 Gent 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 4
13 Sint-Truiden 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
14 Zulte-Waregem 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 1 0 4 2 -3 4
15 Mechelen 4 1 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 3
16 OH Leuven 4 0 3 1 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 3
17 RFC Seraing 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 3
18 Beerschot-Wilrijk 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -5 1
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 34 24 4 6 73 26 17 12 1 4 34 15 17 12 3 2 39 11 47 76
2 Antwerp 34 18 6 10 57 48 17 9 4 4 30 25 17 9 2 6 27 23 9 60
3 Anderlecht 34 15 13 6 51 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 17 6 6 5 26 23 17 58
4 Genk 34 16 8 10 67 48 17 9 5 3 38 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 19 56
5 KV Oostende 34 15 8 11 49 41 17 9 5 3 33 21 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 53
6 Standard Liege 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 7 7 3 26 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 11 50
7 Gent 34 14 7 13 55 42 17 8 3 6 29 21 17 6 4 7 26 21 13 49
8 Mechelen 34 13 9 12 54 54 17 5 5 7 29 30 17 8 4 5 25 24 0 48
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 34 14 5 15 58 64 17 7 4 6 32 29 17 7 1 9 26 35 -6 47
10 Zulte-Waregem 34 14 4 16 53 69 17 6 2 9 23 38 17 8 2 7 30 31 -16 46
11 OH Leuven 34 12 9 13 54 59 17 8 2 7 24 23 17 4 7 6 30 36 -5 45
12 AS Eupen 34 10 13 11 44 55 17 5 6 6 24 30 17 5 7 5 20 25 -11 43
13 Sporting Charleroi 34 11 9 14 46 49 17 5 6 6 18 16 17 6 3 8 28 33 -3 42
14 Kortrijk 34 11 6 17 44 57 17 5 2 10 24 35 17 6 4 7 20 22 -13 39
15 Sint-Truiden 34 10 8 16 41 52 17 6 3 8 20 20 17 4 5 8 21 32 -11 38
16 Cercle Brugge 34 11 3 20 40 51 17 6 1 10 25 26 17 5 2 10 15 25 -11 36
17 Waasland-Beveren 34 8 7 19 44 70 17 3 2 12 21 40 17 5 5 7 23 30 -26 31
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 34 7 10 17 32 54 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 15 32 -22 31

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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.