Excelsior Virton manager C. Grégoire looking for three points in Royal Excel Mouscron showdown

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Fri 29.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Yvan Georges (3765 seats)

Royal Excel Mouscron have rested up after their 0-1-game vs Standard Liege and are ready to meet Excelsior Virton. Get all the facts!

Insights:
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest scored goals (7) in First Division B

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Belgian Cup.

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Excelsior Virton form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Excelsior Virton have to build on here at Stade Yvan Georges in the First Division B.

No payout for Excelsior in their previous match, an away game at Westerlo that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lierse Kempenzonen.

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

Excelsior has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

Playing away, Royal Excel Mouscron have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Division B this season. Mouscron are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Standard Liege fixture.

Mouscron failed to get anything from their last game, a Belgian Cup home match vs Standard Liege that ended with defeat 0-1.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting RWDM in the First Division B.

We have checked recent matches where Mouscron have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, four draws and four defeats.

The visiting Royal Excel Mouscron have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Mouscron concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the sides played each other earlier this season; Royal Excel Mouscron - Excelsior 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Excelsior Virton victory, three draws and three Royal Excel Mouscron wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Excelsior VirtonA. Allach
A. Allach
3 goals
ExcelsiorS. Anne
S. Anne
3 goals
Royal Excel MouscronL. Ribeiro Costa
L. Ribeiro Costa
2 goals

Excelsior Virton missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Excelsior Virton Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 4 9
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
9 5 0 Scored S 1 4 7
14 5 0 Conceded C 3 11 20
89% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 44%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 67%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
3.9 3.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.5 3.2
5.9 5.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5 5.7
3.4 3.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
8 8.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.5 8.2
3.1 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.5 3.4
32% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 23%
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • All of Excelsior Virton's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Royal Excel Mouscron's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Excelsior Virton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Excelsior Virton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Excelsior Virton have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton have the most matches under the total-line (7) in First Division B
  • Excelsior Virton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest clean sheets (0) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest scored goals (7) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the most conceded goals (11) away in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the most conceded goals (20) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the the worst goal difference (-13) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have yet to win a game.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Westerlo 9 7 2 0 17 6 5 3 2 0 9 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 11 23
2 Waasland-Beveren 9 5 1 3 17 13 4 2 0 2 6 8 5 3 1 1 11 5 4 16
3 Lommel United 9 4 1 4 15 13 4 2 1 1 10 6 5 2 0 3 5 7 2 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 RWDM 9 2 3 4 10 14 5 1 1 3 6 8 4 1 2 1 4 6 -4 9
7 Excelsior Virton 9 2 3 4 9 14 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 0 2 3 4 9 -5 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

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.