Sporting Charleroi 3-1 OH Leuven: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Sporting Charleroi won it

The opening goal came in the 24th minute: Parfait Guiagon from the penalty spot for Sporting Charleroi. OH Leuven levelled at 1-1 in the 39th minute through Óscar Gil, set up by Wouter George. Kevin Van Den Kerkhof made it 2-1 to Sporting Charleroi in the 59th minute. Freddy Mbemba made it 3-1 to Sporting Charleroi in the 79th minute, set up by Isaac Cissé.

It was 1-1 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.

Abdoul Karim Traoré of OH Leuven was sent off in the 30th minute. The referee, M. Allaerts, showed 3 yellow cards: 1 to Sporting Charleroi and 2 to OH Leuven.

Sporting Charleroi: M. Kohnen, 4-2-3-1 · OH Leuven: T. Simons, 3-4-3.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 1.27 for Sporting Charleroi and 3.65 for OH Leuven.

Sporting Charleroi scored about 1.7 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

OH Leuven left about 2.6 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

OH Leuven created the better chances, 3.65 xG to 1.27, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

Sporting Charleroi had 10 shots on target, OH Leuven 3.

OH Leuven's goalkeeper made 6 saves.

Sporting Charleroi had 59% of the ball and turned it into the win.

A red card changed the shape of the match, and no pre-match model can see one coming.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Sporting Charleroi came into it with 9 Belgian Pro League matches played, scoring 1.8 and conceding 1.1 a match, with 2.09 expected goals for and 1.07 against, and had won 78% of their matches.

OH Leuven came into it with 9 Belgian Pro League matches played, scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.8 a match, with 1.46 expected goals for and 2.03 against, and had won 11% of their matches.

Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Parfait Guiagon (Sporting Charleroi), rated 7.7 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

Sporting Charleroi

• Parfait Guiagon 7.7 1 goal
• Freddy Mbemba 7.6 1 goal
• Aiham Ousou 7.5
• Yassine Khalifi 7.5
• Patrick Pflücke 7.4

OH Leuven

• Dani van den Heuvel 7.6
• Óscar Gil 7.3 1 goal
• Noë Dussenne 7.0
• Wouter George 6.9 1 assist
• Siebe Schrijvers 6.8

The lowest-rated starter was Abdoul Karim Traoré at 5.3. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Sporting Charleroi: Sporting Charleroi vs La Louvière Sunday 1 November 2026 · Belgian Pro League
• OH Leuven: Sint-Truiden vs OH Leuven Sunday 1 November 2026 · Belgian Pro League

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven

What was the score in Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven?

Sporting Charleroi 3-1 OH Leuven (half-time 1-1), Belgian Pro League, Sunday 9 August 2026.

Who scored in Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven?

Parfait Guiagon 24', Óscar Gil 39', Kevin Van Den Kerkhof 59', Freddy Mbemba 79'.

Did Moneyball predict Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven correctly?

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Who was man of the match in Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven?

Parfait Guiagon, rated 7.7 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Sporting Charleroi vs OH Leuven?

M. Allaerts.