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

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Jupiler Pro League · 2020-21

Royal Standard de Liege

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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

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

Royal Standard de Liege 30 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 30 games · 34 pts (2026/27)

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 Liege	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 Louviere Centre	30	31
15	Cercle Brugge KSV	30	31
16	FC Verbroedering Dender EH	30	19

Head-to-Head

Royal Standard de Liege 15 games · Avg 2.1 goals Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

Last 5 meetings

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

Recent Form

Royal Standard de Liege

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jan	Royal Standard de Liege	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 Liege		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 Liege 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 Liege Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mbaye Leye

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Lineups

Starting XI

10
Kaveh Rezaei ↓ Shamar Nicholson 33'
12
Joris Kayembe
5
Modou Diagne ↓ Marco Ilaimaharitra 72'
30
Guillaume Gillet
8
Ali Gholizadeh ↓ Lukasz Teodorczyk 83'
1
Nicolas Penneteau
24
Dorian Dessoleil C
34
Amine Benchaib ↓ Saido Berahino 72'
44
Ryota Morioka
7
Jordan Botaka
27
Mamadou Fall ↓ Massimo Bruno 83'

Bench

Coach Karim Belhocine

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Mamadou Fall	4
Shamar Nicholson	2
Paul-Jose Mpoku	2
Noah Ohio	1
Ken Nkuba	1
William Balikwisha	1
Denis Dragus	1
Nicolas Raskin	1

Head to Head

Royal Standard de Liege Form

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

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi Form

2021-01-24 Royal Standard de Liege 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 Liege 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 Liege51% Draw25% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi24%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liege 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 Liege or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

49%

Royal Standard de Liege or Sporting du Pays de Charleroi

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Royal Standard de Liege33% Draw45% Sporting du Pays de Charleroi22%

Actual: Royal Standard de Liege win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

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 Liege

Handicap	Royal Standard de Liege 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 Liege 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.