Charleroi - Leuven predictions

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Charleroi - Leuven predictions PRO League, Belgium	06/10/2012 20:00	full time result	draw	3.63	Bet at Pinnacle
Betting prediction was written by Guillaume

CHARLEROI-LEUVEN PREDICTIONS AND PREVIEW: BETTING STATS

Charleroi (14th) won twice, drew once and lost 6 games since the start of the season.

Charleroi struggle to score (10 goals) and conceded many goals (19).

Leuven (11^th) also won only 2 games but only lost 2 and drew 5 times.

Leuven scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals too.

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Last week defeat against the worst team (1-0) of the league (Cercle Brugge) is the second in a row for Charleroi and a reaction is really expected now as they are only 1 point ahead of the relegation zone now.

Leuven, on the other hand, will travel to Charleroi without any pressure and with the aim of getting 3 points. Indeed, they earned a lot of confidence during last 2 games, scoring 7 goals and showing some good cohesion in attack when they destroyed Beveren last week (5-2).

Charleroi’s defense should watch carefully Leuven’s strickers Pouga and Ibou who both scored twice last week.

CHARLEROI-LEUVEN PREDICTIONS: 1X2 BETS PREVIEW

The market favors Charleroi as the home team with William Hill @ 2.20.

The best odd for draw is offered by Pinnacle @ 3.63 and Bet365 offers Leuven to win @ 3.40.

A win is crucial for Charleroi, especially at home now that supporters are back in the stadium.

Charleroi should really push forward to score quickly in this game but might get punished in counter-attack by Leuven strickers. Draw would be my pick for this game.

CHARLEROI-LEUVEN PREDICTIONS :ASIAN HANDICAP PREVIEW

The market is set at Charleroi + 0.25 @ 1.90 and Leuven – 0.25 @ 1.99 with Betvictor.

Charleroi desperately needs a win to avoid the relegation zone but Leuven players are looking stronger than Charleroi’s one and they continue to show improvement game after game so it is really hard to predict anything here.

CHARLEROI-LEUVEN PREDICTIONS: TOTAL GOALS PREVIEW

Only 2 out of the last 5 matches for both sides have gone over 2.5 goals.

Despite this statistic, the over remains favourite here @ 1.75 with Unibet and the under @ 2.20 with Betvictor.

Defensive deficiencies of both team, especially Charleroi (2^nd worst defensive record of the league) could explain why bookmakers are expecting many goals in this game.