Belgian Pro League Knockout phase Sun, Aug 10 · 12:30 Stade Communal du Tivoli, La Louvière
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Our take

RAAL La Louvière were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Charleroi usually keep the ball (46% on average), which points to more chances at both ends. RAAL La Louvière had 7.7 days of rest, Charleroi 6.8 and had to travel 20 km.

Away travel20 kmRest days7.7 · 6.8Matches / 14d1 · 2
RAAL La Louvière45%
Draw28%
Charleroi27%
Expected goals 1.46 – 1.07
RAAL La Louvière47%
Draw26%
Charleroi27%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.13
RAAL La Louvière45%
Draw28%
Charleroi27%
Expected goals 1.46 – 1.07
RAAL La Louvière38%
Draw28%
Charleroi33%
Expected goals 1.30 – 1.20
RAAL La Louvière47%
Draw26%
Charleroi27%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.13
Over 2.5 46% Both score 51% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (La Louvière)

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RefereeNicolas Laforge
  • Cards per match 4.9
  • Penalties per match 0.52
  • Matches 21

Team strength

RAAL La LouvièreCharleroi
25 L90 StrengthIn forecast 20
17 Current StrengthIn forecast 38
15 AttackIn forecast 43
15 DefenceIn forecast 50
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

RAAL La Louvière

Attack—
Defense risk—

Charleroi

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

RAAL La LouvièreCharleroi
0.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.50
0.55 xGVia Att/Def 1.02
1.60 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.34
-0.55 Goals minus xGContext +0.48
0% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
9.50 ShotsContext 9.50
1.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.50
16% On target shareContext 47%
5.00 Shots in the boxContext 7.50
49% Box shareContext 68%
0% ConversionContext 16%
— OffsidesContext 3.00
10.00 Shots allowedContext 10.50
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.50
2.00 BlocksContext 3.00
3.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
70% Save rateContext 57%
34% PossessionIn forecast 47%
268 PassesContext 336
182 Accurate passesContext 264
68% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.62 Team ratingContext 6.78
17.00 FoulsContext 16.00
12.00 Fouls sufferedContext 14.50
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 3.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.60
— Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext 50%
— Clean sheetsContext 40%
— ShotsContext 9.13
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.86
— On target shareContext 37%
— Shots in the boxContext 5.63
— Box shareContext 61%
— ConversionContext 7%
— OffsidesContext 2.86
— Shots allowedContext 13.00
— On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.57
— BlocksContext 4.57
— Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
— Save rateContext 66%
— PossessionIn forecast 43%
— PassesContext 358
— Accurate passesContext 260
— Pass accuracyContext 73%
— Team ratingContext 6.80
— FoulsContext 13.63
— Fouls sufferedContext 12.88
— Yellow cardsContext 2.80
— Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 0 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

RAAL La Louvière
Rest7.7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km142 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Charleroi
Rest6.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel20 km107 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
RAAL La Louvière Charleroi
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7.7Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 2 Aug6.8Belgian Pro League 2025-2026, 3 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km20 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways142 km107 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 21 / 2 / 2
Next matchdays after this one7.17.2

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

RAAL La Louvière Confirmed XI
5-3-2
21M. Peano(G)
5T. Lutonda 25D. Lamego 13M. Maisonneuve 4Wagane Faye 11J. Liongola
23J. Ito 15S. Lahssaini 10M. Pau
9M. Guindo 29O. Mendy
+1 more reported missing outside this XI
Charleroi Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
55M. Delavallée(G)
24M. Nzita 95C. Keita 4A. Ousou 98J. Pétris
5É. Camara 22Y. Titraoui
10P. Guiagon 8J. Romsaas 17A. Bernier
99A. Descotte

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
RAAL La Louvière Absences are shown before kick-off
Charleroi Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • RAAL La Louvière+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Charleroi+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

RAAL La Louvière · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
0.00
Conceded
2.00
Charleroi · Away 1.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Nicolas Laforge 21 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.71league 3.65
Red cards0.19league 0.20
Cards 5+52%league 35%
Fouls23.1league 23.4
Penalties0.52league 0.40
Home wins43%league 45%
RAAL La Louvière

No previous matches with this referee.

Charleroi2 with this referee
Record0-2-0 Cards · opp.4.5 · 2.5 Pens for · against1 · 0 Reds2
  • D17 Feb 24A · OH Leuven0–05
  • D13 Aug 23H · Standard Liege1–14

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

RAAL La Louvière2 games · scored 0 · conceded 3
1 0-15
16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Charleroi2 games · scored 3 · conceded 3
1 0-15
1 16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
2 1 76-90
RAAL La Louvière2 games · scored 0 · conceded 3
1 0-15
16-30
1 31-45
46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Charleroi10 games · scored 6 · conceded 14
2 0-15
3 16-30
2 2 31-45
1 2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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