Lierse Kempenzonen are depending on their home crowd to help them during this meeting against Royal Excel Mouscron. Who will win at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion?
- Lierse Kempenzonen have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in First Division B
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.
Lierse Kempenzonen form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division B, Lierse Kempenzonen have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. With eight home First Division B games in a row without a win, the Lierse Kempenzonen fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Waasland-Beveren game long ago, can be stopped today.
The Lierse Kempenzonen club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion: A 0-1 defeat against Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 5th).
Ahead of that match, Kempenzonen lost 0-2 at home to Lommel United.This is expected to be a close game, with Lierse Kempenzonen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lierse Kempenzonen as a small favourite), we find seven games. Lierse Kempenzonen has won two of these, drawn one and lost four.
Kempenzonen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Herman Vanderpoortenstadion with 16 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lierse Kempenzonen defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 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 9 points from 11 away games in the First Division B. Royal Excel Mouscron only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.
The attacking players of Royal Excel Mouscron have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
Mouscron play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Lierse Kempenzonen (placed 6th).
A 0-1 loss hosting RWDM before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Royal Excel Mouscron in our archives, and the results are: one win for Royal Excel Mouscron, four draws and two defeats.
Royal Excel Mouscron are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 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. In the opposite end, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 20 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head match ended Royal Excel Mouscron - Kempenzonen 0-0, earlier this season. Data for the prior three meetings between these two squads are: zero wins for Lierse Kempenzonen, two draws and one win for Royal Excel Mouscron. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.Top Goalscorers
  H. Abdallah 7 goals |  I. Yagan 6 goals |  K. Schuermans 5 goals |
Lierse Kempenzonen missing players
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
| Lierse Kempenzonen | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 38 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 78% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 61% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 42% | 25% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 70% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 46% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 29% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 30% | 30% |
| 10.5 | 9.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.5 | 12.4 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
- Lierse Kempenzonen have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in First Division B
- Lierse Kempenzonen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 49 |
| 2 | RWDM | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 42 |
| 3 | Waasland-Beveren | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Deinze | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -6 | 27 |
| 6 | Lierse Kempenzonen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Lommel United | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Excelsior Virton | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -26 | 17 |
