It's early days in the Pro League and both Anderlecht and Royal Excel Mouscron are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Anderlecht form and stats
The hosts won their first Pro League game here at Lotto Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Anderlecht last season were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.
Anderlecht's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Sint-Truiden (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 2-2 away at Mechelen before that.
Anderlecht are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew one and lost one.
Anderlecht has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
One match played away so far in the Pro League for Royal Excel Mouscron and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 14 games.
The manager F. Da Cruz was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Stade Le Canonnier. Royal Excel Mouscron suffered a 0-1 loss to Mechelen (placed 6th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Antwerp.
You'll want to know how Royal Excel Mouscron managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
Royal Excel Mouscron have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Anderlecht, one draw and two wins for Royal Excel Mouscron. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Dimata 1 goals |  J. Doku 1 goals |  B. Mykhaylichenko 1 goals |
Anderlecht missing players
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
| Anderlecht | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| Anderlecht | Last season | Royal Excel Mouscron | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 66% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 38% | ||
| 21% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 66% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 17% | ||
| 31% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 21% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 227 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 70 | 138 | ||
| 110 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 57 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 67% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Genk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Club Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Waasland-Beveren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cercle Brugge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | OH Leuven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Antwerp | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Gent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Zulte-Waregem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 29 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Gent | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 54 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Mechelen | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 44 |
| 7 | Genk | 29 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Anderlecht | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 43 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 32 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 33 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 30 |
| 14 | Cercle Brugge | 29 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 22 |
| 16 | Waasland-Beveren | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -39 | 20 |