The Pro League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Sporting Charleroi and Antwerp are placed 1st and 8th respectively.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sporting Charleroi form and stats
Sporting Charleroi have only played one Pro League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 14 matches.
It's back home for Sporting Charleroi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating OH Leuven away with the result 3-1. K. Rezaei, D. Dessoleil and M. Fall found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against KV Oostende.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charleroi handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and zero defeats.
Sporting Charleroi has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Antwerp form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Pro League ended in defeat. Last season Antwerp had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 5, drew 4 and lost 6.
The supporters enjoyed Antwerp's previous game versus Gent (placed 18th), a Pro League 1-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cercle Brugge wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Antwerp are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Antwerp has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Charleroi victories, two draws and four Antwerp wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Rezaei 2 goals |  D. Dessoleil 1 goals |  M. Fall 1 goals |
Sporting Charleroi missing players
Antwerp missing players
| Sporting Charleroi | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7.7 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 21% |
- Antwerp has the most dropped points from leading position (5)
- Sporting Charleroi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0)
- Sporting Charleroi has the most clean sheets (2)
- Sporting Charleroi has the the best goal difference (+4)
- Sporting Charleroi is in the best form (3-0-0)
| Sporting Charleroi | Last season | Antwerp | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | 26 | 1 | Malmö FF | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 28 | ||
| 2 | Norrköping | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | Elfsborg | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Djurgården | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | Häcken | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Sirius | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Hammarby | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Varberg BoIS | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Örebro | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Mjällby | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | IFK Göteborg | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | AIK | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | Falkenberg | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | Östersunds FK | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | Helsingborg | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Kalmar | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 9 | ||||
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