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Belgian Pro League · Matchday 8 Match report

Standard Liège 0-1 Sporting Charleroi: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège (Luik)

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

  • Result Sporting Charleroi win43% 0-1
  • Double chance Standard Liège or Sporting Charleroi (12)73% 0-1
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.554% 1 goal
  • More corners Sporting Charleroi47% Sporting Charleroi (6-8)
  • Yellow cards Around average 2 yellow cards · league 3.2
  • Yellow cards 2 yellow cards 3.5 Under60% 4.5 Under78% 5.5 Under89%
  • Corners Around average 14 corners · league 10.0
  • Corners 14 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under55%

Match stats

Standard Liège Sporting Charleroi
  • 0 Goals 1
  • 1 Yellow cards 1
  • 1 Red cards 0
  • 6 Corners 8

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Standard Liège vs Sporting Charleroi opens Matchday 8 of the Belgian Pro League at Stade Maurice Dufrasne on Sunday 11 October 2026, and our model goes with a Sporting Charleroi win, with no draw in the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards a Sporting Charleroi win, above all because of the strength gap between the teams: Charleroi sit clearly above the Belgian Pro League average on our strength rating, while Standard Liège fall below it. The strongest point against is home advantage, with two Standard wins at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne in their last five. Charleroi's record still makes up for it — six victories from seven, fourth in the table, and defensive numbers that keep shots and big chances conceded below the league average. In attack they also get through more shots than most sides in the division, a small extra in their favour. The call is narrow.

Form guide

Standard Liège

  • L 1-2 at Gent (A) Belgian Pro League · 18 Sep
  • L 2-4 at Westerlo (A) Belgian Pro League · 12 Sep
  • W 1-0 vs Royal Antwerp (H) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep
  • W 2-1 at OH Leuven (A) Belgian Pro League · 29 Aug
  • W 2-0 vs RAAL La Louvière (H) Belgian Pro League · 21 Aug

Sporting Charleroi

  • W 3-2 vs Cercle Brugge (H) Belgian Pro League · 19 Sep
  • W 1-0 at Zulte Waregem (A) Belgian Pro League · 13 Sep
  • L 2-3 vs Union St.Gilloise (H) Belgian Pro League · 5 Sep
  • W 3-1 at Kortrijk (A) Belgian Pro League · 29 Aug
  • W 2-0 vs KV Mechelen (H) Belgian Pro League · 22 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Standard LiègeSporting Charleroi
Attack 29 59 1.9 goals per match this season2.1 goals per match this season
Defence 65 76 1.7 conceded per match this season1.0 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Belgian Pro League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

19Standard Liège wins
11draws
7Sporting Charleroi wins

37 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 23 May 2026 · Belgian Pro League Standard Liège 0-2 Sporting Charleroi
  • 18 Apr 2026 · Belgian Pro League Sporting Charleroi 1-2 Standard Liège
  • 18 Jan 2026 · Belgian Pro League Sporting Charleroi 2-0 Standard Liège
  • 31 Oct 2025 · Belgian Pro League Standard Liège 3-1 Sporting Charleroi
  • 4 May 2025 · Belgian Pro League Standard Liège 0-1 Sporting Charleroi

Belgian Pro League so far

Belgian Pro League records before the match
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4 Sporting Charleroi 7 601 15:7 +8 18
7 Standard Liège 7 322 13:12 +1 11

Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Belgian Pro League, Matchday 8
Kick-off
Venue
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège (Luik)

Questions and answers

What was the score of Standard Liège vs Sporting Charleroi?

Standard Liège 0-1 Sporting Charleroi in the Belgian Pro League (Matchday 8) on Sunday 11 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Standard Liège vs Sporting Charleroi right?

Yes: our result pick was Sporting Charleroi win, and the score after 90 minutes was 0-1. 8 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Standard Liège vs Sporting Charleroi?

2 yellow cards (Standard Liège 1, Sporting Charleroi 1), 1 red card (Standard Liège 1, Sporting Charleroi 0) and 14 corners (Standard Liège 6, Sporting Charleroi 8).

Other Belgian Pro League results that day

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