Royal Excel Mouscron - Lommel United: Small difference between teams in First Division B clash

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Competition: Belgium First Division B
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

With their 3 point dominance in the league table, Royal Excel Mouscron fans expect to see their team get all points from this game versus Lommel United.

Insights:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron is in the best form (5-0-1) in First Division B
  • Lommel United is in the worst form (0-2-4)

It's no vacation for neither Mouscron nor Lommel United 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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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Royal Excel Mouscron have to build on here at Stade Le Canonnier in the First Division B. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Royal Excel Mouscron, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

The Mouscron supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lommel United in First Division B and win 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Mouscron lost 3-4 at Westerlo's place.

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 Mouscron have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost one.

The Royal Excel Mouscron fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Royal Excel Mouscron's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lommel United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lommel United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

Lommel United are travelling again after losing away to Royal Excel Mouscron in their previous match (1-2).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Lierse Kempenzonen that ended 2-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lommel United playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Lommel United wins, two draws and three defeats.

Lommel United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Lommel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; Mouscron - Lommel United 2-1. Royal Excel Mouscron-Lommel United H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Royal Excel Mouscron three wins, Lommel United four wins, one draw. seven of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lommel UnitedA. de Oliveira Sales
A. de Oliveira Sales
6 goals
Royal Excel MouscronL. Ribeiro Costa
L. Ribeiro Costa
4 goals
MouscronT. Chevalier
T. Chevalier
4 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Lommel United missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron Lommel United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 8 15
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 0 Lost L 1 4 8
20 9 3 Scored S 3 11 24
26 11 2 Conceded C 3 14 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 87%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 80%
33% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 47%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 20%
60% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 73%
20% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 13%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 13%
 
3.1 3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5
5.9 6.5 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6 5.5
2.5 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
5 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9 9.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.5 9.5
4.1 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 4.5
32% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 35%
 
13.2 11.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 11.1 11.5
6.1 5.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.9
Key stats in First Division B this season:
  • Lommel United have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in First Division B
  • Lommel United have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in First Division B
  • Lommel United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lommel United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron is in the best form (5-0-1) in First Division B

  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 Deinze 14 4 8 2 24 19 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 1 5 1 11 11 5 20
3 Waasland-Beveren 14 6 2 6 24 22 7 2 0 5 9 16 7 4 2 1 15 6 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 Royal Excel Mouscron 15 5 3 7 20 26 8 3 2 3 9 11 7 2 1 4 11 15 -6 18
6 Lierse Kempenzonen 14 4 5 5 27 28 7 3 3 1 15 13 7 1 2 4 12 15 -1 17
7 Lommel United 15 4 3 8 24 27 7 2 1 4 13 13 8 2 2 4 11 14 -3 15
8 Excelsior Virton 14 3 3 8 12 25 7 2 1 4 5 12 7 1 2 4 7 13 -13 12

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.