Delightful dogfight as daring Deinze duel with determined Royal Excel Mouscron

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Burgermeester Van De Wiele Stadion (8000 seats)

First Division B: What this fixture might miss in elegance it should compensate in guts and enthusiasm. Get set for Deinze - Royal Excel Mouscron!

Insights:
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Deinze form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Deinze have to build on here at Burgermeester Van De Wiele Stadion in the First Division B.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Royal Excel Mouscron in the First Division B last time out and are looking for a win here.

Heartbreak before that as Deinze lost 1-4 at Waasland-Beveren's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Deinze handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, four draws and two defeats.

The Deinze fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Deinze have conceded 8 goals.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

There's been little loot from Royal Excel Mouscron's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the First Division B. Royal Excel Mouscron only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Deinze (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The First Division B match ended in a draw 2-2. It looked so good for Mouscron vs Deinze, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Lommel United.

Mouscron are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, five draws and four defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Mouscron's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. For Mouscron, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other previously this campaign: Royal Excel Mouscron - Deinze 2-0. Deinze-Royal Excel Mouscron H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Deinze one win, Royal Excel Mouscron four wins, zero draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Royal Excel MouscronL. Ribeiro Costa
L. Ribeiro Costa
4 goals
Royal Excel MouscronT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
4 goals
Royal Excel MouscronJ. Carcela-Gonzalez
J. Carcela-Gonzalez
3 goals

Deinze missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Deinze Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 8 16
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
9 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
27 15 6 Scored S 3 13 22
25 10 3 Conceded C 5 17 28
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 62%
50% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 38%
12% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
75% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 62%
19% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 19%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 19%
 
5.7 6.6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.9 2.9
4.2 2.9 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 6.1
2.8 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 3 4 5
 
12.1 12.5 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.1 8.8
5.4 5.8 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 4
31% 33% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 37% 34%
 
9.2 8.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 19.5 14.4 13
4.4 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 6.9 6.2
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Royal Excel Mouscron's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Deinze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Deinze have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 14 10 3 1 29 13 7 4 3 0 14 8 7 6 0 1 15 5 16 33
2 Waasland-Beveren 16 7 3 6 29 24 8 3 0 5 13 17 8 4 3 1 16 7 5 24
3 Deinze 15 4 8 3 25 23 7 3 3 1 13 8 8 1 5 2 12 15 2 20
4 RWDM 14 5 5 4 23 23 7 1 3 3 11 13 7 4 2 1 12 10 0 20
5 Lierse Kempenzonen 15 4 6 5 29 30 7 3 3 1 15 13 8 1 3 4 14 17 -1 18
6 Royal Excel Mouscron 15 5 3 7 20 26 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 2 1 4 11 15 -6 18
7 Lommel United 16 4 4 8 25 28 8 2 2 4 14 14 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 16
8 Excelsior Virton 15 3 4 8 14 27 8 2 2 4 7 14 7 1 2 4 7 13 -13 13

Read more about First Division B

The First Division B is the second highest league in Belgian football. It replaced the Belgian Second Division in 2016. It has eight teams playing a league in two stages, “opening” and “closing”. Each stage has each team playing 14 fixtures and the winner of each qualify for promotion play-offs.