Belgium - Pro LeagueStade du Pays de CharleroiData current as of 18 September 2026

Sporting Charleroi vs Cercle Brugge: match statistics

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Sporting Charleroi vs Cercle Brugge: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Sporting Charleroi play Cercle Brugge in Pro League (Belgium). The match date is 19 September 2026. Venue: Stade du Pays de Charleroi.

Current form

Sporting Charleroi: 4-0-1, 2.40 points/match. Cercle Brugge: 0-2-3, 0.40 points/match.

Goal statistics

Sporting Charleroi scores 2.00 and concedes 0.83 goals per match. Cercle Brugge scores 1.00 and concedes 1.83. League average: 3.04 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Sporting Charleroi 50%, Cercle Brugge 50%. Over 2.5: Sporting Charleroi 50%, Cercle Brugge 50%. League level: BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 63%.

xG, shots and style

Sporting Charleroi has higher xG: 1.99 vs 1.53. Sporting Charleroi: 18.7 shots per match, Cercle Brugge: 16.2.

Match halves

Sporting Charleroi: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 1.00. Cercle Brugge: half-time lead 0%, second-half goals 0.67.

Goals by minute

Sporting Charleroi: 16-30 (3 goals). Cercle Brugge: 76-90+ (4 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Pro League: 3.04 goals per match, BTTS 43%, Over 2.5 63%.

Head-to-head

Before this fixture, 2 previous H2H matches were available: 1-0-1. Average goals 6.00, BTTS 100%.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(1.72)
(4.05)
(4.05)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
2Goals scored / match1
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0.83Goals conceded / match1.83
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
56%Average possession46%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
5.67Shots on target / match3.5
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

18.67Shots per match16.17
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
5.67Shots on target3.5
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
10.7%Shot conversion6.2%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
56%Possession46%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1.99xG for1.53
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1.28xG against1.43
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

Shooting quality

Sporting Charleroi: DominantCercle Brugge: Attacking
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
Accuracy (shots on target)30%22%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.09
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.350.29

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Sporting Charleroi is 500% better for: last-5 form.

2.4 pts / match - Sporting Charleroi · 0.4 pts / match - Cercle Brugge

Sporting Charleroi
WWWLW
Season result split
83% W0% D17% L
Season (W-D-L)
5-0-1
2.50 pts / match · goal difference +7
Last 5 (W-D-L)
4-0-1
2.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
2-0-1
Last 5 at home
2-0-1
WWL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.8Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.84Opponent xG: 1.27BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%
Cercle Brugge
DLLLD
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
0% W50% D50% L
Season (W-D-L)
0-3-3
0.50 pts / match · goal difference -5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-2-3
0.40 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-2-1
Last 5 away
0-2-1
DLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.8xG: 1.52Opponent xG: 1.30BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Sporting Charleroi is 100% better for: goals scored per match.

2 goals / match - Sporting Charleroi · 1 goals / match - Cercle Brugge

Sporting Charleroi is 120% better for: goals conceded per match.

0.83 goals / match - Sporting Charleroi · 1.83 goals / match - Cercle Brugge

Sporting Charleroi scoring profile: very strong

Sporting Charleroi scores in 100% of matches (6 of 6 matches), while Cercle Brugge keeps a clean sheet in 0% (0 of 6 matches).

Cercle Brugge scoring profile: mixed

Cercle Brugge scores in 50% of matches (3 of 6 matches), while Sporting Charleroi keeps a clean sheet in 50% (3 of 6 matches).

12Goals scored (season)6
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
5Goals conceded (season)11
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
2.83Average goals in match2.83
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
9Goals scored (last 5)4
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
4Goals conceded (last 5)9
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

How often they score at least...

100%1 goal50%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
67%2 goals33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
33%3 goals17%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0%4 goals0%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

How often they concede at least...

50%1 goal100%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
17%2 goals50%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
17%3 goals33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0%4 goals0%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

50%
Sporting Charleroi - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.3 of 6 matches
43%
League average

Goal patterns

50%BTTS at half-time33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0%BTTS in both halves33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
50%Scored in both halves33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

BTTS and goal count

50%Min. 3 goals and BTTS33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS17%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
40%BTTS - last 540%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

Full match - team comparison (Over)

1st half

83%Min. 1 goal before half-time83%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
50%Min. 2 goals before half-time33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
17%Min. 3 goals before half-time17%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

2nd half

83%Min. 1 goal after half-time83%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
33%Min. 2 goals after half-time50%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0%Min. 3 goals after half-time17%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Sporting Charleroi is 406% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.67 pts / match - Sporting Charleroi · 0.33 pts / match - Cercle Brugge

Sporting Charleroi - half-time state
33% leading67% draw0% trailing
Cercle Brugge - half-time state
0% leading33% draw67% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.67Points per match (1st half)0.33
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1Goals scored (1st half)0.33
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0.67Goals conceded (1st half)1
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1.67Average goals (1st half)1.33
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
50%Clean sheet before half-time17%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
17%No goal before half-time67%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

After half-time (2nd half)

2.17Points per match (2nd half)1.33
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1Goals scored (2nd half)0.67
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
0.17Goals conceded (2nd half)0.83
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
1.17Average goals (2nd half)1.5
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
83%Clean sheet after half-time33%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge
33%No goal after half-time50%
Sporting CharleroiCercle Brugge

Sporting Charleroi - second-half results

67% W17% D17% L
10
Half-time points
6
Half-time goals
+2
Goal difference (1st half)
13
Second-half points
+5
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.67
PPG before half-time
Lead holding252%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 83%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.5

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Cercle Brugge - second-half results

33% W33% D33% L
2
Half-time points
2
Half-time goals
-4
Goal difference (1st half)
8
Second-half points
-1
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.33
PPG before half-time
Defence after half-time-0.2

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Sporting Charleroi - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.802.00
Goals scored / match1.00.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.2
Average goals in match1.61.0
1 goal80%80%
2 goals40%20%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet60%80%
No goal20%40%
Goal difference+2+3
Half-time: 40% leading - 60% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 5
Cercle Brugge - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.201.40
Goals scored / match0.20.6
Goals conceded / match1.00.8
Average goals in match1.21.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet20%40%
No goal80%60%
Goal difference-4-1
Half-time: 0% leading - 20% draw - 80% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 20% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 1

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Sporting Charleroi
ScoredConceded
0
1
0-15
3
0
16-30
3
3
31-45
1
1
46-60
2
0
61-75
3
0
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (3 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): +3 - wins late phases.

Cercle Brugge
ScoredConceded
0
1
0-15
1
2
16-30
1
3
31-45
0
2
46-60
0
1
61-75
4
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): +2 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.83
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.9 : 0.9
Estimated goal split
home : away
93%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
50%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+112%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
50%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
0%
0:0 risk
practically zero
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Sporting Charleroi

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.71
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.46
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.3 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.01
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.45
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
116%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
63%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.10
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

Cercle Brugge

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.10
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.93
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.1 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.53
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.40
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
76%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
106%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.10
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
67% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
67%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Pro League).

Teams vs league

Sporting CharleroiLigaCercle Brugge
Average goals in match 2.833.04 2.83
Both teams scored 50%43% 50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%63% 50%
Clean sheets 50%31% 0%
Goal before half-time 83%80% 83%
Goal after half-time 83%83% 83%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.04
Average goals per match
43%
Both teams scored
63%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
31%
Clean sheets
1.72
Home goals / match
1.31
Away goals / match
+31%
Home attack advantage
+24%
Home defence advantage
+17%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
41%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
83%
1 goal
54%
2 goals
19%
3 goals
7%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (2): Sporting Charleroi 1 - 0 - 1 Cercle Brugge. Average goals 6.00, both teams scored in 100% matches.

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
3 : 4
Cercle Brugge KSV
Cercle Brugge KSV
2 : 3
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

FAQ

When do Sporting Charleroi and Cercle Brugge play?

Sporting Charleroi face Cercle Brugge on 19 September 2026 in Pro League at Stade du Pays de Charleroi. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Sporting Charleroi and Cercle Brugge?

In the last 2 head-to-head matches Sporting Charleroi won 1, Cercle Brugge won 1 and 0 ended level. These games averaged 6.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 100% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Sporting Charleroi vs Cercle Brugge?

Sporting Charleroi score 2.00 goals per game on average and Cercle Brugge 1.00. The Pro League average is 3.04 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 63% of games. Both teams score in 50% of Sporting Charleroi's matches and 50% of Cercle Brugge's.

What form are Sporting Charleroi and Cercle Brugge in?

Over the last 5 games Sporting Charleroi have a 4-0-1 record (2.40 points per game) and Cercle Brugge 0-2-3 (0.40 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Sporting Charleroi vs Cercle Brugge?

The statistical background for Sporting Charleroi vs Cercle Brugge — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.