About Match
In the standings it is Mechelen 16th on 2 points, Sporting Charleroi 4th on 15 — separated by 13. Scoring rates set the scale: Mechelen 0.83 scored and 2.33 conceded per game, Sporting Charleroi 2 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.52. A win would lift Mechelen to 5 points and up to 14th (other results unchanged).
Mechelen have gone 10 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Mechelen 2/15, Sporting Charleroi 12/15.
40 meetings are on record — 12 won by Mechelen, 16 by Sporting Charleroi, 12 drawn, at 2.63 goals per meeting. Goals have dried up lately: 1.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.63 across the full history.
The match takes place at Achter de Kazerne in Mechelen (capacity 16,672).