This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sporting Charleroi at Stade du Pays de Charleroi when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Lech Poznań with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
Sporting Charleroi and Lech Poznań should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Lech Poznań when visiting Charleroi as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa League for Charleroi, as the manager K. Belhocine led his troops to eliminate Partizan, and reach the Play-offs.Perfect Pro League season at home so far for Sporting Charleroi 3 wins from 3 appearances. The Sporting Charleroi fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stade du Pays de Charleroi and will expect new points from this game. Sporting Charleroi has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of eight straight victories regardless of arena.
The Charleroi supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Partizan (after extra-time) in Europa League and win 2-1. Previous to that game, a Pro League home match hosting Beerschot-Wilrijk in a game that was won 3-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting Charleroi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting Charleroi as a small favourite), we find four games. Sporting Charleroi has won three of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Charleroi are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Charleroi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Lech Poznań form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Valmiera / BSS, Apollon and Hammarby in order to reach Play-offs of Europa League. Lech Poznań's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round against Genk.Still no away game victory in the Ekstraklasa for Lech Poznań with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Total Europa League statistics for Lech Poznań: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Poznań play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Apollon. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Warta Poznan.
As mentioned above, Poznań was the only team on the pitch versus Apollon in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Lech Poznań in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Poznań, three draws and five defeats.
4 goals so far away for Lech Poznań, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Rezaei 5 goals |   M. Ishak 4 goals | S. Nicholson 3 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Lech Poznań missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Lech Poznań | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 32 | 57 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 201 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 188 | 369 | ||
| 81 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 81 | 140 | ||
| 44% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Kortrijk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Genk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Gent | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Zulte-Waregem | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gornik Zabrze | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Rakow Czestochowa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Zagebie Lubin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Slask Wrocaw | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Pogon Szczecin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Legia Warszawa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Lech Poznań | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Wisla Plock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Warta Poznan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Wisa Krakow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | Cracovia Krakow | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Stal Mielec | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |