First Division B: Lommel United - Royal Excel Mouscron preview and stats

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Soevereinstadion (12500 seats)

Royal Excel Mouscron know they are in for a demanding journey to Lommel United and their Soevereinstadion. This match preview has all the data you need before the match.

Insights:
  • Lommel United have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division B

It's no vacation for neither Lommel nor Royal Excel Mouscron 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.

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Lommel United form and stats

The story so far in the First Division B for Lommel United at their home stadium (Soevereinstadion) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The spoils were shared in Lommel United's previous game, also at home. Visiting Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Deinze the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lommel United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost three.

The Lommel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Royal Excel Mouscron so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Royal Excel Mouscron are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Lommel United (placed 7th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Excelsior Virton.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Royal Excel Mouscron playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Royal Excel Mouscron wins, 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 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mouscron's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other before in this season, with the result Lommel United - Royal Excel Mouscron 0-0 entered in the official records. Lommel United-Royal Excel Mouscron H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Lommel United four wins, Royal Excel Mouscron three wins, two draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lommel UnitedA. de Oliveira Sales
A. de Oliveira Sales
6 goals
Royal Excel MouscronC. Tainmont
C. Tainmont
4 goals
Royal Excel MouscronJ. Carcela-Gonzalez
J. Carcela-Gonzalez
4 goals

Lommel United missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Lommel United Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 22
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 7
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
11 5 1 Lost L 0 6 9
29 17 5 Scored S 4 13 27
35 15 6 Conceded C 2 20 32
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
82% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 82%
64% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 55%
32% 45% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 27%
14% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
59% 55% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
18% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 27%
27% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 32%
 
4.8 5.6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.1 3.8
5.3 4.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6.3 5.9
2.4 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 2 5 6
 
9 9.5 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.1 8.5
4.4 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4
30% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 31%
 
10.5 10.1 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.5 12.7
5.6 5.7 7.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.5 6
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Lommel United have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in First Division B
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the most matches under the total-line (9) in First Division B
  • 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 21 14 4 3 39 20 12 7 4 1 21 13 9 7 0 2 18 7 19 46
2 RWDM 21 10 5 6 30 26 11 4 3 4 16 15 10 6 2 2 14 11 4 35
3 Waasland-Beveren 22 10 3 9 37 31 11 5 0 6 16 19 11 5 3 3 21 12 6 33
4 Deinze 22 7 11 4 36 29 10 4 5 1 18 12 12 3 6 3 18 17 7 32
5 Royal Excel Mouscron 22 7 6 9 27 32 11 5 3 3 14 12 11 2 3 6 13 20 -5 27
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 20 6 8 6 32 32 9 3 4 2 16 15 11 3 4 4 16 17 0 26
7 Lommel United 22 5 6 11 29 35 11 3 3 5 17 15 11 2 3 6 12 20 -6 21
8 Excelsior Virton 22 3 5 14 17 42 11 2 2 7 7 21 11 1 3 7 10 21 -25 14

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.