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Belgian Pro League · Matchweek 7

Sporting Charleroi

SPO

Cercle Brugge

CER

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Sporting Charleroi52%
Draw25%
Cercle Brugge23%

Expected goals

1.70 – 1.07

Over 2.5

51%

Both to score

54%

Fair handicap

-0.50

Most likely scorelines

  • 1111.5%
  • 1011.3%
  • 219.7%
  • 208.8%
  • 007.2%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

53%Possession53%
37%Territory37%
37%From set plays38%
0.12Chance quality0.08
7.8%Directness4.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Sporting Charleroi, 3 for Cercle Brugge. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 30 of 54 matches, not the full season.