Zulte-Waragem vs Sporting Charleroi

Whatever happened over the summer of 2015, Zulte-Waragem fans will be please with it. They finished last season in 12^th position in the Belgian Pro League and picked up a total of 31 points from their 30 matches.

Now, they have six games remaining of the regular season and have already managed to surpass last season’s total. Their 37 point tally at the moment leaves them in 5^th position in the Belgian Pro League.

Apart from a few dips in form, Zulte-Waragem have proved very difficult to beat this season. They did lose three games on the bounce back in November, but since then they have only lost one of their eight fixtures.

But only four of these eight games have seen them pick up maximum points, so they do have a minor issue with finishing teams off.

Sporting Charleroi are also proving fairly difficult to beat, although they have lost two of their last seven outings in the Belgian Pro League.

Charleroi’s four wins during this period makes their form record look remarkably similar to Zulte-Waragem’s, so it should be a really good match on Saturday.

It is no surprise that Sporting Charleroi are pretty close to their opponents in the league table then. They sit in 8^th position, but they are only three points behind Zulte-Waragem coming into this match.

The visitors also have the upper hand in terms of past history as well. They have won four matches on the bounce against Zulte-Waragem, although three of these have been in Charleroi.

Unsurprisingly, the tightness between these two sides makes them completely even in terms of odds, but I think we can find value looking at the home and away records.

Most notably, Sporting Charleroi have lost four of their last five away games in all competitions, with their only win coming against relegation candidates Mouscron-Peruwelz. Zulte-Waragem have only lost one of their last six home matches and have won two of their last three.

This makes odds of 1.950 for a Zulte Waragem 0.0 Asian Handicap Win look very good value to me, and I’m going for that and a 2-1 correct score prediction at 9/1.