The manager I. Leko looks to inspire Antwerp win against Royal Excel Mouscron

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 08.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)

Antwerp and Royal Excel Mouscron supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Pro League season. Game on!

Antwerp and Royal Excel Mouscron should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Antwerp form and stats

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Antwerp home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Antwerp friendly games in pre-season: Antwerp played two friendlies, won 0, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Antwerp scored 3 goals and conceded 6 in these two games.

Last season, Antwerp's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Antwerp managed 10-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 12 conceded.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Royal Excel Mouscron played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.

It's a day of discovery for Royal Excel Mouscron as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Royal Excel Mouscron have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Mouscron has scored 1 goal and conceded 4 times.

Let's have a look at how Royal Excel Mouscron performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 16/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings between the teams: Antwerp won three, Royal Excel Mouscron won four and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Antwerp Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Antwerp Last season Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   14 29
15 10   Won W   3 9
8 4   Drew D   4 9
6 0   Lost L   7 11
49 28   Scored S   16 38
32 12   Conceded C   23 40
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 72%
55% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
38% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 38%
10% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
69% 71%   BTTS BTTS   71% 66%
21% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 17%
14% 7%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
4.9 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.4
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
248 146   Total Shots T S   70 138
117 75   Shots on Target S O   30 57
42% 37%   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 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 AS Eupen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cercle Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Club Brugge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 KV Oostende 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mechelen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sint-Truiden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting Charleroi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Standard Liège 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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The First Division A is the top league of the football pyramid in Belgium, founded in 1895. It was earlier known as the Belgian Pro League. The season runs from July to May with 16 teams each playing 30 fixtures. The top six in the league table then play a championship playoff, the bottom team is relegated and places #7 to #15 have a Europa League playoff.