CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi and Standard Liège didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Sporting Charleroi was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi stadium in Charleroi on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Jasper Vergoote with the collaboration of Michael Geerolf and Lennert Becquet. The 4th official was Kevin Debeuckelaere. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 8 Total 10
- 3 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 127 Attack 80
- 59 Dangerous attack 22
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 18
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sporting Charleroi had a strong ball possession 58% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sporting Charleroi was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sporting Charleroi to win the match.
Sporting Charleroi shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Standard Liège shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sporting Charleroi received 2 yellow cards (J. Kayembe and M. Ilaimaharitra). Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards (M. Bokadi, N. Dussenne and N. Raskin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sporting Charleroi will have 47 points like Mechelen to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Standard Liège will have 33 points to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi will play away with Mechelen on the 12th of March with a 12-12 head to head.
Standard Liège will host RFC Seraing on the 13th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (0 draws).
Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Edward Still decided to play with the following team: Bingourou Kamara
, Jules Van Cleemput , Valentine Ozornwafor , Stefan Knežević , Jackson Tchatchoua , Adem Zorgane , Marco Ilaimaharitra , Joris Kayembe Ditu , Daan Heymans , Youssouph Badji and Ali Gholizadeh .The home team had on the bench: Martin Wasinski, Ryota Morioka
, Anass Zaroury , Vakoun Issouf Bayo , Hervé Koffi, Stelios Andreou and Ken Nkuba .Substitutions
Sporting Charleroi made 4 changes: Y. Badji for V. Bayo (62′), D. Heymans for R. Morioka (71′), J. Tchatchoua for K. Tshiend (71′) and A. Gholizadeh for A. Zaroury (83′).
Best player: Valentine Ozornwafor
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Charleroi was Valentine Ozornwafor.
His rating is
with 49 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.Standard Liège – Formation

Also Standard Liège adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Luka Elsner played with: Laurent Henkinet
, Moussa Sissako , Merveille Bokadi , Noë Dussenne , Gilles Dewaele , Nicolas Raskin , Gojko Cimirot , Niels Nkounkou , Mathieu Cafaro , Abdoul Tapsoba and Denis Drăguş .These were the players on the bench: Arnaud Bodart, Samuel Bastien
, Nathan Ngoy, Alexandro Calut, Mehdi Carcela-González , Aron Dønnum and Damjan Pavlović .Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of D. Pavlovic (injured).
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 4 changes: G. Dewaele for D. Pavlovic (71′), A. Tapsoba for S. Bastien (75′), M. Cafaro for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (83′) and D. M. Dragus for A. Donnum (83′).
Best player: Noë Dussenne
The most impressive player for Standard Liège was Noë Dussenne.
His rating is
with 54 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Anderlecht – KV Oostende – 3-0
- Gent – Zulte-Waregem – 2-1
- Antwerp – Beerschot-Wilrijk – 2-1
- Sporting Charleroi – Standard Liège – 0-0
- AS Eupen – OH Leuven – 3-1