Match Report
42 points for Sporting Charleroi (13th), 31 for Royal Excel Mouscron (17th): an 11-point gap. Sporting Charleroi had been under-performing their position — 25th on five-round form against 13th in the table. Per game in the league, Sporting Charleroi were scoring 1.35 and conceding 1.44, Royal Excel Mouscron 0.94 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Sporting Charleroi were winless in 6.
Across 14 recorded meetings, Sporting Charleroi have 11 wins to Royal Excel Mouscron's 1, with 2 draws, at 2.36 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 29% of the meetings.
Stade du Pays de Charleroi in Charleroi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.