📏 Form Guide

Charleroi

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Charleroi will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 First Division A success against KV Kortrijk.

In that game, Charleroi had 50% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Charleroi was Nikola Štulić (4'). Kortrijk got 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Charleroi have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Charleroi have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals on the way. That kind of pattern might not be continued here, however.

Coming into this fixture, Charleroi are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Union Saint-Gilloise

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Antwerp in Belgian Cup competition, Union Saint-Gilloise will be aiming to make amends here.

The only player to score from Union Saint-Gilloise was Noah Sadiki (56'). Tjaronn Chery (40', 50'), Vincent Janssen (64'), Gyrano Kerk (84') and Dennis Praet (90') scored for Antwerp.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Sébastien Pocognoli's Union Saint-Gilloise have fired home a total of 10 times therefore yielding them the goals per game average of 1.67.

Coming into this fixture, Union Saint-Gilloise haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of past results between these clubs going back to 19/02/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been good ones for Charleroi. They’ve not managed to get any victories whatsoever while Union Saint-Gilloise have managed to find a way, winning in 100% of those games played.

A combined total of 14 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 2 of them from Les Zèbres and 12 for Les Unionistes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was First Division A match day 4 on 16/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 Charleroi.

In that match, Union Saint-Gilloise had 46% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Mohammed Fuseini (93').

Charleroi got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Nathan Verboomen.

📋 Team News: Charleroi

Théo Defourny (Shoulder injury), Grejohn Kyei (unknown injury) and Noam Mayoka-Tika (Ill) won’t be available for Charleroi boss Rik De Mil.

It’s our opinion that Les Zèbres may well opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match, handing starts to Mohamed Koné, Jeremy Petris, Aiham Ousou, Cheick Keita, Vetle Dragsnes, Yacine Titraoui, Adem Zorgane, Antoine Bernier, Daan Heymans, Parfait Guiagon and Nikola Stulic.

ℹ️ Team News: Union Saint-Gilloise

Union Saint-Gilloise manager Sébastien Pocognoli has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kevin Mac Allister (Hamstring injury) and Henok Teklab (Fracture of fibula shaft) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We believe Les Unionistes might utilise a 3-1-4-2 lineup, going with Anthony Moris, Ross Sykes, Fedde Leysen, Koki Machida, Charles Vanhoutte, Anan Khalaili, Noah Sadiki, Sofiane Boufal, Alessio Castro, Promise David and Franjo Ivanovic.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Charleroi may find it difficult to see themselves scoring against this Union Saint-Gilloise side who we think should gain the upper hand.

That’s why we have predicted a good battle with a 0-1 winning margin for Union Saint-Gilloise when all is said and done.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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Peter Guest, 19:01 11/01/2025