Charleroi vs Leuven – News and Probable Lineups

Charleroi is set to face Leuven at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi on Tuesday in the second-to-last match of the Belgian Pro League.

The home team still has a chance at qualifying for the Europa League next season if they manage to win their remaining two matches, while the visitors have only their pride to play for in this matchup.

Match overview

Charleroi enters this fixture looking to grab a spot in the Europa League next season, trailing Genk and Standard Liege by four points.

The hosts experienced a setback in their last match, losing 1-0 to Westerlo, which has significantly impacted their quest for European football next season.

Before this defeat, they had recorded three consecutive victories to get to this position, but now they must avoid any mistakes in their final two fixtures, beginning with this match.

Charleroi emerged victorious in the previous encounter between these sides, winning 2-0 at King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in April.

Leuven comes into this match sitting at the bottom of the group with no objectives left in their last two matches.

The visitors secured a victory in their latest match, defeating Antwerp 3-0 at home, but prior to that, it had been a challenging few weeks for them.

Before that game, they had not tasted victory since the last day of the regular season on March 22, going through seven matches without a win.

Leuven is seeking to end a four-match winless streak on the road; their last away victory occurred on March 14 against Charleroi.

Team News

Charleroi will be missing Massamba Sow and Theo Defourny due to injuries.

Parfait Guiagon is expected to play a crucial role for them if they hope to secure victory in this fixture, as he is the club’s top scorer with nine goals, and they will hope he can increase this number.

Leuven will be without Noe Dussenne, who is unavailable due to an injury sustained earlier in the season.

Forwards Abduol Traore and Henok Teklab scored in their previous match, and the visitors will hope they can replicate this to achieve a second straight win in the league.

Charleroi probable starting XI:

Know; Blum, Ousou, Keita, Nzita; Bemier, Camara, Guigon, Titraoui, Van Den Kerkhof; Scheilder

Leuven probable starting XI:

Leysen; Ominami, Pletinckx, Akimoto; Teklab, Verstraete, Schrijvers, Opoku; Maziz, Traore, Vaesen

The hosts are in urgent need to maintain their faint hopes of European qualification, and they will fight until the end to achieve this, while their opponents have little left to aim for but pride and have faced challenges in finding consistent form. Charleroi is anticipated to secure all three points in this matchup.