Oostende vs Charleroi Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Oostende

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Oostende will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 First Division A success vs Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

The only player to score from Oostende was Arthur Theate (59'). Kristiyan Malinov (35') and Pierre-Yves Ngawa (71' Own goal) scored for Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Oostende have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that De Kustboys have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals along the way.

Their past results show that Oostende:

• have not emerged victorious against Charleroi in their previous 4 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Charleroi

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After a losing effort in their last game against Antwerp in First Division A competition, Charleroi and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Abdoulaye Seck (51' Own goal), Cristian Benavente (73') and Dieumerci Mbokani (78') scored for Antwerp.

During their 6 previous matches, Karim Belhocine's Charleroi have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 8 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/02/2019 tells us that Oostende have won 1 of these and Charleroi 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

An aggregate of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for De Kustboys and 11 netted by Les Zèbres. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was First Division A match day 2 on 15/08/2020 and the score finished Charleroi 1-0 Oostende.

The referee was Wesli De Cremer.

ℹ️ Team News: Oostende

Oostende manager Alexander Blessin has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this game with a fully healthy group to pick from. Jelle Bataille is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🗞️ Team News: Charleroi

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there is only the one fitness worry for the Charleroi manager Karim Belhocine to contend with. Ken Nkuba (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) misses out for this game. Marco Ilaimaharitra is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Charleroi and Oostende are both capable of scoring here.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We therefore think that it’s going to be a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:10 05/01/2021