Pro League match preview and statistics: Antwerp fight Royal Excel Mouscron

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bosuilstadion (16649 seats)

Antwerp have performed better than Royal Excel Mouscron so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Antwerp can neither be promoted or relegated from Pro League. Royal Excel Mouscron are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Antwerp form and stats

34 points is a decent return from 14 Pro League games here at Bosuilstadion for Antwerp. The data says 10 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

Antwerp are returning here after visiting Kortrijk in a Pro League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. L. Refaelov scored the goal(s). Before that, Antwerp had a home game versus KV Oostende which ended with a victory 3-1.

Manager L. Bölöni felt very clever after L. Refaelov scored the winning goal against Kortrijk, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute.

The Antwerp manager L. Bölöni has got the team scoring with 28 from 14 home games in the league. From these home matches, Antwerp have conceded only 12 goals.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

There's been little loot from Royal Excel Mouscron's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Pro League. Royal Excel Mouscron only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

Royal Excel Mouscron won their last game, 1-0 versus Waasland-Beveren played at home. Prior to that match, the Royal Excel Mouscron manager B. Hollerbach faced defeat when travelling to AS Eupen and losing 1-2.

The visiting Royal Excel Mouscron have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. As for defending, Royal Excel Mouscron rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Royal Excel Mouscron - Antwerp 3-1. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Antwerp victories, two draws and four Royal Excel Mouscron wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AntwerpD. Mbokani Bezua
D. Mbokani Bezua
18 goals
AntwerpL. Refaelov
L. Refaelov
11 goals
Royal Excel Mouscron
S. Perica
7 goals

Antwerp missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Antwerp Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 4 14 29
15 10 2 Won W 0 3 9
8 4 2 Drew D 0 4 9
6 0 0 Lost L 4 7 11
49 28 4 Scored S 2 16 38
32 12 2 Conceded C 9 23 40
97% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 72%
55% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 59%
38% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 36% 38%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 3%
69% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 66%
21% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
14% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 21%
 
4.7 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.8
4.9 4.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4.4
2 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
248 146 52 Total Shots T S 18 70 138
117 75 23 Shots on Target S O 4 30 57
42% 37% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 53% 67%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Antwerp have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Antwerp have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Antwerp have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (17)
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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

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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.