Important shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the First Division B, with both Excelsior Virton and Royal Excel Mouscron suffering more tension than glee. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the host team positioned 8th and the away side in 6th spot.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division B
- Royal Excel Mouscron have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Excelsior have had a bad season and will be relegated from First Division B.
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an active game!
Excelsior Virton form and stats
Excelsior Virton's results here at Stade Yvan Georges in the First Division B have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Correa led his Excelsior Virton to a defeat away at RWDM. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Yvan Georges.
Before that, Excelsior Virton had a home game versus Westerlo which ended with a victory 1-0.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Excelsior here at Stade Yvan Georges in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Excelsior Virton defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
There's been little loot from Royal Excel Mouscron's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the First Division B. Royal Excel Mouscron only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
The manager Jeunechamps was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stade Le Canonnier. Mouscron suffered a 1-2 loss to Deinze (placed 4th).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Lierse Kempenzonen with the score of 1-0.Royal Excel Mouscron have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Royal Excel Mouscron rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Royal Excel Mouscron - Excelsior 2-1 was the product when these squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Statistics for the prior nine meetings involving these two squads are: one win for Excelsior Virton, three draws and five wins for Royal Excel Mouscron. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Carcela-Gonzalez 5 goals |
Excelsior Virton missing players
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
| Excelsior Virton | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 29 |
| 48 | 21 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 35 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 52% | 42% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 24% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 44% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 48% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 52% | 58% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 6.8 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 29% | 27% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 12.1 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 12.4 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
- Excelsior Virton have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Excelsior Virton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest clean sheets (2) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest points (11) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest points from losing position (2) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (19) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (12) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals (48) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-13) at home in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton have the the worst goal difference (-29) in First Division B
- Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Excelsior Virton is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Royal Excel Mouscron have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | RWDM | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Deinze | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 32 |
| 6 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Excelsior Virton | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -29 | 17 |
