Charleroi vs RAAL La Louvière 5-2

Charleroi beat RAAL La Louvière 5-2 at Stade du Pays de Charleroi after the game swung badly after the break. Charleroi led 2-0 at half-time, RAAL drew level by the 76th minute, and the home side scored twice to pull clear before finishing with 10 men after C. Keita’s red card on 89 minutes.

J. Romsaas opened the scoring in the 6th minute from F. Mbemba’s assist, and A. Scheidler made it 2-0 from the penalty spot on 33 minutes. That left Charleroi 2-0 RAAL La Louvière at half-time.

RAAL made a change at the interval, and M. Wade was booked on 46 minutes before W. Faye’s own goal on 47 minutes reduced the gap. Charleroi responded quickly, with F. Mbemba making it 3-1 on 49 minutes from P. Pflucke’s assist after A. Colassin had come on in the 48th minute for J. Romsaas. RAAL then made three changes on 71 minutes, and L. Rousseau, who had come on in the 46th minute, scored on 75 minutes from D. Lamego’s pass to make it 3-2. M. Isah levelled a minute later, but Colassin, on for one minute, restored Charleroi’s lead on 84 minutes from Mbemba’s assist. Charleroi made two more changes on 85 minutes, and the game ended with C. Keita sent off in the 89th minute after two yellow cards, while K. Van Den Kerkhof was also booked.

The numbers backed Charleroi’s edge in the contest. They had 58% of the ball, 523 passes to RAAL’s 366 and 83% pass accuracy to 76%, with 14 shots to 10, 6 on target to 3 and an xG of 2.14 to 0.91. RAAL won 5 corners to 4, while Charleroi had 1 offside to RAAL’s 2 and 1 save to 3.

Charleroi had 4 yellow cards and 1 red. RAAL La Louvière had 1 yellow card, with M. Wade booked on 46 minutes. C. Keita was cautioned twice and dismissed on 89 minutes, and K. Van Den Kerkhof was also booked on 89 minutes.