Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Royal Excel Mouscron & Standard Liège face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Belgian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Mouscron nor Standard Liège as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
Last season, Royal Excel Mouscron's Belgian Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division B numbers at home for Royal Excel Mouscron so far this season. All in all it has been a very rough period for Mouscron who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Standard Liège, 233 days ago.
Mouscron drew their last game, also a home match. RWDM was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lommel United (0-3).The manager E. Scifo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Excelsior Virton in only three days.
Mouscron have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Royal Excel Mouscron defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Standard Liège form and stats
They also participated in Belgian Cup last season. This ended in the final.As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Standard Liège have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Standard Liège are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Cercle Brugge. Hugo Siquet was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Siquet won 13 of 21 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against OH Leuven in the Pro League.A new game in only four days for Standard, the Pro League home match versus Kortrijk. Busy days.
Standard Liège have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As for defending, Standard Liège rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Mouscron won three, Standard Liège were winners in four and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 46 | 20 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9.5 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Westerlo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Lommel United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Deinze | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Excelsior Virton | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | RWDM | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | AS Eupen | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Antwerp | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Kortrijk | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 9 | Genk | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | KV Oostende | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Standard Liège | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Gent | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 14 | Zulte-Waregem | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | RFC Seraing | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | OH Leuven | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 2 |