The two sides are preparing for First Division A - Play-Offs action scheduled for Friday as Charleroi come up against KVC Westerlo.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Charleroi v KVC Westerlo game - along with the latest match odds.
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Charleroi
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Charleroi are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 First Division A - Play-Offs success against Standard Liège.
In that game, Charleroi had 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Charleroi was Nikola Štulić (50'). For their opponents, Standard Liege had 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.
Charleroi haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have managed to rack up 12 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.
KVC Westerlo
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KVC Westerlo come into this meeting following on from a 4-2 First Division A - Play-Offs win to beat Dender in their previous outing.
In that match, KVC Westerlo managed 54% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For KVC Westerlo, the goals were scored by Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (45'), Matija Frigan (76'), Griffin Yow (88') and Serhiy Sydorchuk (96'). On the other side, Dender had 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Roman Květ (37') and Bruny Nsimba (62') scored for Dender.
Indicating their involvement in high-scoring encounters, we’ve had goals 25 times in the previous six matches in which KVC Westerlo have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 4.17 goals per clash. Opposition teams have hit 11 of those goals.
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Head to head
A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/04/2023 tells us that these encounters have been miserable for KVC Westerlo. They have not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever while Charleroi have simply been better than them, winning in 83 per cent of those matches played.
A total of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from Les Zèbres and 7 for De Kempeneers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.
The previous league fixture between the two was First Division A - Play-Offs match day 3 on 11/04/2025 when it finished KVC Westerlo 2-2 Charleroi.
The match was refereed by Kevin Van Damme.
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Team News: Charleroi
It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the Charleroi gaffer Rik De Mil to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group. Aiham Ousou (Adductor injury) won’t play.
We are thinking that Les Zèbres could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Martin Delavallée, Jeremy Petris, Cheick Keita, Stelios Andreou, M. Nzita Theto, Yacine Titraoui, Adem Zorgane, Antoine Bernier, Daan Heymans, Parfait Guiagon and Nikola Stulic.
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Team News: KVC Westerlo
Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there’s only a single fitness worry for the KVC Westerlo manager Timmy Simons to be concerned with. Jordan Bos (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.
It’s our belief that De Kempeneers will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 lineup, giving starts to Andreas Jungdal, Bryan Reynolds, Emin Bayram, Roman Neustädter, Tuur Rommens, Dogucan Haspolat, T. Van Den, Isa Sakamoto, Griffin Yow, A. Sayyadmanesh and Matija Frigan.
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Prediction
KVC Westerlo will likely create enough chances to score against this Charleroi lineup, although it is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.
We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 win for Charleroi at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the bookies’ prices on the full-time result market, the win for Charleroi can be had for 1.9, a wager on a draw is 3.9 & putting your money on a victory for KVC Westerlo will get you 3.7. They are the best of the bets being offered right now.
Lucas Pereira,
13:01 08/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Charleroi
Formed: 1904
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi (15,000)
Captain: Adem Zorgane
Chairman: Fabien Debecq
Manager: Rik De Mil
Competitions: First Division A position 10
🔑 Star Player: Parfait Guiagon
Regularly taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Parfait Guiagon was born in Ivory Coast. After having made a senior debut playing for Charleroi in the 2023 - 2024 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has managed 5 league goals in this Pro League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 26 appearances.