Club Brugge vs Charleroi Prediction & Betting Tips

The First Division A clash at Jan Breydelstadion on Saturday sees home side Club Brugge go up against opponents Charleroi.

Our tips, poll and stats for Club Brugge v Charleroi can all be found here - plus the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Club Brugge DWLWWL

Club Brugge will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 0-1 Beker van België losing effort in their last game against Antwerp.

It has been seldom in recent times that Club Brugge have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Blauw-Zwart have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals in the process. We will find out whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Charleroi WWDLWW

Charleroi will go into the encounter following a 1-4 First Division A win over KAA Gent in their last outing.

For Charleroi, goals were scored by Shamar Nicholson (39'), Marco Ilaimaharitra (44'), Mamadou Fall (57') and Kaveh Rezaei (89'). Anderson Niangbo (59') scored for KAA Gent.

A succession of accomplished displays by the Charleroi defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes in total. Over that same period, their forwards have scored 13.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 19/04/2018 shows that Club Brugge have won 3 of them and Charleroi 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 from Blauw-Zwart and 4 coming from Les Zèbres. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league contest between these sides was First Division A match day 27 on 23/02/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Club Brugge 1-0 Charleroi.

The match was refereed by Lothar D'hondt.

📋 Team News: Club Brugge

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just the lone fitness concern for the Club Brugge gaffer Philippe Clement to contend with from a near full-strength set of players. Matej Mitrovic (Foot Injury) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: Charleroi

Charleroi manager Karim Belhocine has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Christophe Diandy (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Massimo Bruno (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Club Brugge have it within them to be able to score a couple when they come up against Charleroi, who may well struggle scoring.

Our selection here is for a decent 2-0 win for Club Brugge by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 23:04 03/08/2020