Royal Antwerp FC vs Sporting du Pays de Charleroi, Jupiler League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Jupiler Pro League · 2020-21

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Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Sun 27 Dec 2020 · 12:30 UTC Bosuilstadion HT 45+1' · FT 45+6'

Dieumerci Mbokani 87' Y

Y 90' Modou Diagne

Overview

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Royal Antwerp FC vs Sporting du Pays de Charleroi — Jupiler League at Bosuilstadion.

Royal Antwerp FC 7 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 7 games · 18 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jan Boterberg
Referee Florian Lemaire
Referee Alexandre Boucaut
Referee Christophe Battiston

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	7	19
2	KAA Gent	7	19
3	Club Brugge KV	7	18
4	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	7	18
5	RSC Anderlecht	7	13
6	SV Zulte-Waregem	7	11
7	Royal Standard de Liège	7	11
8	KVC Westerlo	7	10
9	KRC Genk	7	9
10	SK Beveren	7	9
11	K. Sint-Truidense VV	7	8
12	Lommel SK	7	8
13	Royal Antwerp FC	7	7
14	UR La Louvière Centre	7	4
15	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	7	4
16	Cercle Brugge KSV	7	3
17	KV Mechelen	7	3
18	KV Kortrijk	7	3

Head-to-Head

Royal Antwerp FC 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Last 5 meetings

2020-12-27 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2020-08-30 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2–0 Royal Antwerp FC 2020-02-16 Royal Antwerp FC 1–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2019-08-11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2019-05-26 Royal Antwerp FC 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Recent Form

Royal Antwerp FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Dec	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi	H	2–1	W
20 Dec	KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren	A	3–0	W
16 Dec	SV Zulte-Waregem	H	0–1	L
13 Dec	Club Brugge KV	H	0–2	L
10 Dec	Tottenham Hotspur FC	A	0–2	L
06 Dec	KRC Genk	A	2–4	L

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Dec	Royal Antwerp FC	A	1–2	L
18 Dec	RSC Anderlecht	H	1–0	W
15 Dec	Cercle Brugge KSV	A	4–3	W
12 Dec	K. Sint-Truidense VV	A	2–1	W
07 Dec	KV Kortrijk	H	0–0	D
02 Dec	KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Royal Antwerp FC		Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
#13	Position	#4
7	Points	18
7	Played	7
2 / 1 / 4	W / D / L	6 / 0 / 1
11	Scored	15
15	Conceded	7
-4	GD	+8
1.00	PPG	2.57
29%	Win %	86%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Royal Antwerp FC this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi this season

Royal Antwerp FC are 13th (7 pts). Sporting du Pays de Charleroi are 4th (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Royal Antwerp FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/4

61-75

2/2

76+

5/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

0-15

1/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

3/3

46-60

1/1

61-75

3/1

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Royal Antwerp FC

Michael Frey	4 G
Anthony Valencia	3 G
Snayder Porozo	2 G
Rein Van Helden	1 G

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Aurelien Scheidler	3 G	1 A
Freddy Situmona Mbemba	3 G
Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	2 G	2 A
Parfait Guiagon	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Royal Antwerp FC to score. At the same time, Sporting du Pays de Charleroi does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
10' Jean Butez, a France , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Joris Kayembe suffering a number of foals already.
20' Royal Antwerp FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' Jordan Lukaku has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
30' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
35' Dieumerci Mbokani has been relatively quiet despite scoring 46 goals in his last 308 appearances.
40' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
45' It’s high time Karim Belhocine made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' Saido Berahino is replacing Lucas Ribeiro for the Sporting du Pays de Charleroi side.
51' The deadlock is broken! Abdoulaye Seck gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
56' Sporting du Pays de Charleroi fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
57' Koji Miyoshi gets the nod from Royal Antwerp FC. He replaces Nana Opoku Ampomah and will look to change the dynamic.
62' It looks surprising Sporting du Pays de Charleroi does not make any changes. Steeven Willems has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
67' The 32-year-old Massimo Bruno has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
68' The Sporting du Pays de Charleroi manager makes a substitution. Amine Benchaib departs to be replaced by Massimo Bruno.
73' Cristian Benavente doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
78' Dieumerci Mbokani makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Royal Antwerp FC are in front.
80' It is a substitution in Sporting du Pays de Charleroi team. Joris Kayembe is replaced by Modou Diagne on 80 minute.
82' Sporting du Pays de Charleroi manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lukasz Teodorczyk is hanging Guillaume Gillet on the field on 82 minute.
83' Guillaume Gillet makes way for Lukasz Teodorczyk at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting du Pays de Charleroi.
87' Controversy at the stadium! Dieumerci Mbokani argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
89' Royal Antwerp FC make a change. Buta trudges off to be replaced by Nill De Pauw on 89 minutes.
90' Modou Diagne was booked on 90.
With this win, Royal Antwerp FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

26
Jeremy Gelin
94
Jordan Lukaku ↓ Simen Juklerod 68'
46
Jean Butez
23
Nana Opoku Ampomah ↓ Koji Miyoshi 57'
16
Pieter Gerkens ↓ Alexis De Sart 89'
11
Lior Refaelov ↓ Cristian Benavente 68'
38
Faris Haroun C
30
Buta ↓ Nill De Pauw 89'
70
Dieumerci Mbokani
2
Ritchie De Laet
4
Abdoulaye Seck

Bench

Coach Ivan Leko

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Lineups

Starting XI

12
Joris Kayembe ↓ Modou Diagne 80'
19
Lucas Ribeiro ↓ Saido Berahino 46'
30
Guillaume Gillet ↓ Lukasz Teodorczyk 82'
8
Ali Gholizadeh
1
Nicolas Penneteau
23
Steeven Willems
24
Dorian Dessoleil C
34
Amine Benchaib ↓ Massimo Bruno 68'
44
Ryota Morioka
16
Shamar Nicholson
4
Jules Van Cleemput

Bench

Coach Karim Belhocine

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nikola Stulic	3
Shamar Nicholson	3
Dieumerci Mbokani	3
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	2
George Ilenikhena	2
Vincent Janssen	2
Victor Osimhen	2
Lior Refaelov	2

Head to Head

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2020-12-27 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2020-12-20 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren 0–3 Royal Antwerp FC W 2020-12-16 Royal Antwerp FC 0–1 SV Zulte-Waregem L 2020-12-13 Royal Antwerp FC 0–2 Club Brugge KV L 2020-12-10 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2–0 Royal Antwerp FC L 2020-12-06 KRC Genk 4–2 Royal Antwerp FC L

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Form

2020-12-27 Royal Antwerp FC 2–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2020-12-18 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–0 RSC Anderlecht W 2020-12-15 Cercle Brugge KSV 3–4 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2020-12-12 K. Sint-Truidense VV 1–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2020-12-07 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–0 KV Kortrijk D 2020-12-02 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–2 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.36 Royal Antwerp FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.38 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Antwerp FC28% Draw22% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi50%

Actual: Royal Antwerp FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Royal Antwerp FC or Draw

51%

Draw or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

72%

Royal Antwerp FC or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Antwerp FC18% Draw38% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi44%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.9%

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 3

6.9%

0 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

0 – 1

5.3%

0 – 3

5.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 3

4.7%

1 – 4

4.2%

0 – 0

3.6%

0 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Royal Antwerp FC

Handicap	Royal Antwerp FC covers	Push	Sporting du Pays de Charleroi covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	21%	38%
+1.5	62%	—	38%
+2	62%	17%	21%
+2.5	79%	—	21%

Clean Sheet

Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.