Sporting Charleroi vs Club Brugge prediction, preview, team news and more
The Belgian Jupiler League returns with new fixtures as Sporting Charleroi host Club Brugge on Friday.
Both sides go into the weekend on a streak of back-to-back wins and we expect them to give it their all in the quest for all three points against each other.
Sporting Charleroi claimed two wins out of two last Sunday as they defeated Zulte Waregem 3-1 away.
That was followed by a 1-0 win over newly promoted RFC Seraing two weeks ago to end a two-game losing streak.
Sporting Charleroi next meet a side from Club Brugge who are unbeaten in 16 of the last 20 meetings between the teams, recording 11 wins and five draws.
Carl Hoefkens’ men threw their socks off last weekend as they clinched a 2-1 win over a strong Kortrijk side.
Club Brugge are now unbeaten in three games in a row and have recorded two wins and a draw since losing 2-1 at Eupen in July.
With 10 points from five games, the Blauw-Zwart are currently third in the Jupiler League standings, one point and two places ahead of Sporting Charleroi.
Sporting Charleroi vs Club Brugge head to head
Club Brugge has been absolutely dominant in the history of this game, having won 31 times in the last 50 meetings between the teams. Sporting Charleroi have recorded six wins in that period, while 13 games have clearly ended.
Sporting Charleroi Form Guide: WWLLW
Form Club Brugge: WWDLW
Sporting Charleroi vs Club Brugge team news
Sporty Charleroi
The hosts will be without Stefan Knezevic, Jules Van Cleemput and Mehdi Boukamir, all recovering from injuries.
Hurt: Stefan Knezevic, Jules Van Cleemput, Mehdi Boukamir
suspended: None
Club Brugge
Noa Lang, Tajon Buchanan and Mats Rits are all out through injury and will not feature this weekend.
Hurt: Noa Lang, Tajon Buchanan, Mats Rits
suspended: None
Sporting Charleroi vs Club Brugge Expected XI
Sporting Charleroi Expected XI (4-4-2): Herve Koffi; Jonas Bager, Loïc Bessile, Stelios Andreou, Marco Ilaimaharitra; Daan Heymans, Adem Zorgane, Ali Gholizadeh, Jackson Tchatchoua; Nadhir Benbouali and Ken Nkuba Tshiend
Expected XI of Club Brugge (3-5-2): Simon Mignolet; Clinton Mata, Brandon Mechele, Abakar Sylla; Andreas Skov Olsen, Casper Nielsen, Hans Vanaken, Denis Odoi, Bjorn Meijer; Kamal Sowah, Ferran JutglÃ
Sporting Charleroi vs Club Brugge Prediction
Sporting Charleroi and Club Brugge head into the weekend in good form which makes for an exciting watch. Given the past results in this game and the gap in quality between the two teams, we support Club Brugge to increase their dominance over the hosts.
forecast: Sporting Charleroi 1-3 Club Brugge