Tuesday , 28 July 2026

Royal Standard de Liège vs Sporting du Pays de Charleroi, Jupiler League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Jupiler Pro League · 2020-21
Royal Standard de Liège
3 – 2
Full Time
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
Sun 24 Jan 2021 · 17:15 UTC Stade Maurice Dufrasne HT 45+2' · FT 45+7'
Y 50' Amine Benchaib
Mehdi Carcela 73' Y
Y 90' Nicolas Penneteau
R 90' Nicolas Penneteau

Overview

Match Preview

Royal Standard de Liège vs Sporting du Pays de Charleroi — Jupiler League at Stade Maurice Dufrasne.

Match Details

  • Referee Jan Boterberg
  • Referee
  • Referee Florian Lemaire
  • Referee Wim Smet
  • Referee Jonathan Lardot
  • Referee Christophe Battiston
  • Referee

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 30 66
2 Club Brugge KV 30 63
3 K. Sint-Truidense VV 30 57
4 KAA Gent 30 45
5 KV Mechelen 30 45
6 RSC Anderlecht 30 44
7 KRC Genk 30 42
8 Royal Standard de Liège 30 40
9 KVC Westerlo 30 39
10 Royal Antwerp FC 30 35
11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 34
12 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 30 34
13 SV Zulte-Waregem 30 32
14 UR La Louvière Centre 30 31
15 Cercle Brugge KSV 30 31
16 FC Verbroedering Dender EH 30 19

Head-to-Head

7
6
2
Royal Standard de Liège 15 games · Avg 2.1 goals Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
Last 5 meetings
2021-01-24 Royal Standard de Liège 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2020-10-04 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–2 Royal Standard de Liège 2020-03-01 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège 2019-09-29 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2018-12-26 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liège
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Jan Sporting du Pays de Charleroi H 3–2 W
20 Jan KV Mechelen A 4–0 W
17 Jan Cercle Brugge KSV A 1–0 W
11 Jan KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren H 3–1 W
26 Dec K. Sint-Truidense VV H 1–2 L
20 Dec Royal Excel Mouscron H 0–1 L
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Jan Royal Standard de Liège A 2–3 L
19 Jan RSC Anderlecht A 0–3 L
16 Jan KV Mechelen H 0–1 L
09 Jan KV Oostende A 2–3 L
27 Dec Royal Antwerp FC A 1–2 L
18 Dec RSC Anderlecht H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Royal Standard de Liège Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
#8 Position #11
40 Points 34
30 Played 30
11 / 7 / 12 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 14
27 Scored 38
35 Conceded 42
-8 GD -4
1.33 PPG 1.13
37% Win % 30%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Royal Standard de Liège are 8th (40 pts). Sporting du Pays de Charleroi are 11th (34 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Stade Maurice Dufrasne!
  • 5' A quiet spell here at Stade Maurice Dufrasne. Royal Standard de Liege seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 10' Massimo Bruno needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 13' GOAL! Klauss scores on 13. Assisted by Maxime Lestienne
  • 18' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 23' Amine Benchaib is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Royal Standard de Liege tonight.
  • 28' Both keepers have barely been tested. Royal Standard de Liege and Sporting du Pays de Charleroi are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 30' Brilliant from the ! Mamadou Fall makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 30.
  • 33' Sporting du Pays de Charleroi ring the changes. Kaveh Rezaei has done his job and it is now time for Shamar Nicholson to step up.
  • 38' The deadlock is broken! Michel-Ange Balikwisha gets on the scoresheet on 38 minutes.
  • 43' The energy levels are beginning to show. Karim Belhocine might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 48' Royal Standard de Liege have won 363 goals from 372 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 50' Poor challenge from Amine Benchaib. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
  • 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 65' The Royal Standard de Liege manager makes a substitution. Klauss departs to be replaced by Jackson Muleka.
  • 65' Magnificent from Mamadou Fall! That is 25 goals in 199 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 66' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Michel-Ange Balikwisha is replaced by Mehdi Carcela.
  • 67' Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is taking the lead after the goal scored by Mamadou Fall on 67.
  • 72' A tactical swap from Sporting du Pays de Charleroi — Saido Berahino on, Amine Benchaib off on 72 minutes.
  • 73' Mehdi Carcela has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 73.
  • 74' It is a substitution in Royal Standard de Liege team. Maxime Lestienne is replaced by Gojko Cimirot on 74 minute.
  • 79' It’s high time Mbaye Leye made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 80' Jackson Muleka doubles the advantage! 3-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 83' Massimo Bruno is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mamadou Fall at the 83 minute mark.
  • 84' Lukasz Teodorczyk gets the nod from Sporting du Pays de Charleroi. He replaces Ali Gholizadeh and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 87' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Nicolas Gavory is replaced by Konstantinos Laifis.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Nicolas Penneteau. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 3-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mbaye Leye

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Karim Belhocine

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Mamadou Fall 4
Paul-Jose Mpoku 2
Shamar Nicholson 2
Denis Dragus 1
Nicolas Raskin 1
Marco Ilaimaharitra 1
Dennis Eckert 1
Klauss 1

Head to Head

2021-01-24 Royal Standard de Liège 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2020-10-04 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–2 Royal Standard de Liège 2020-03-01 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège 2019-09-29 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2018-12-26 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2021-01-24 Royal Standard de Liège 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi W 2021-01-20 KV Mechelen 0–4 Royal Standard de Liège W 2021-01-17 Cercle Brugge KSV 0–1 Royal Standard de Liège W 2021-01-11 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren W 2020-12-26 Royal Standard de Liège 1–2 K. Sint-Truidense VV L 2020-12-20 Royal Standard de Liège 0–1 Royal Excel Mouscron L

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Form

2021-01-24 Royal Standard de Liège 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2021-01-19 RSC Anderlecht 3–0 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 2021-01-16 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 0–1 KV Mechelen L 2021-01-09 KV Oostende 3–2 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.61 Royal Standard de Liège xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.24 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Royal Standard de Liège51% Draw25% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi24%
Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.85
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 53%
47%
± 3.5 32%
68%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Royal Standard de Liège or Draw
75%
Draw or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
49%
Royal Standard de Liège or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Royal Standard de Liège33% Draw45% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi22%
Actual: Royal Standard de Liège win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.4%
2 – 1
9%
1 – 0
8.5%
0 – 0
7.6%
2 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.9%
0 – 1
6.2%
2 – 2
5.6%
3 – 1
4.8%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
3.9%
3 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Royal Standard de Liège

Handicap Royal Standard de Liège covers Push Sporting du Pays de Charleroi covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 21% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 16% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet
30% ✓
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

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