Friday’s First Division A - Play-Offs schedule brings us Eupen battling it out with Charleroi.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Eupen v Charleroi, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Eupen
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Eupen will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 First Division A - Play-Offs defeat last time out to Charleroi.
In that game, Eupen had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Charleroi got 19 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Daan Heymans (14') was the scorer for Charleroi.
Eupen have really struggled up front of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 3 vs opposing sides during the course of their last six matches. In those meetings, Eupen have also seen the number of goals against them come to 10. We will have to see if that trend will be continued on in this game.
Charleroi
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It has become apparent that Charleroi have failed to get amongst the goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Les Zèbres have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 6.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 19/12/2021 shows us that Eupen have won 1 of these games and Charleroi 5, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.
A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them from Pandas and 11 belonging to Les Zèbres. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league encounter featuring these clubs was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 21/04/2024 and the score finished Charleroi 1-0 Eupen.
On that occasion, Charleroi had 54% possession and 19 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Daan Heymans (14').
On the other side, Eupen got 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Wim Smet.
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Team News: Eupen
Milos Pantovic (Hamstring muscle injury), Alfred Finnbogason (Muscle injury), Shayne Pattynama (minor knock) and Jason Davidson (Nose surgery) won’t be playing for Eupen manager Kristoffer Andersen.
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Team News: Charleroi
Charleroi boss Rik De Mil has to choose a team with limited availability. Jules Van Cleemput (Partial muscle tear) and Nadhir Benbouali (Knee problems) are those who can’t be considered.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Charleroi and Eupen should play out a closely-fought contest here.
A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We’re therefore anticipating a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline when the referee blows the full-time whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
07:00 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Eupen
Formed: 1945
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion (8,363)
Captain: Boris Lambert
Chairman: Tariq A. Al Naama
Manager: Kristoffer Andersen
Competitions: First Division A position 14, First Division A - Play-Offs (Relegation Play-offs)
⭐ Star Man: Regan Charles-Cook
Mostly taking up the Left Wing position, Regan Charles-Cook was born in England. Having played his first senior match for Charlton Athletic in the 2015 - 2016 season, the dangerous Forward has contributed 3 league goals in the Pro League 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 26 appearances.