Home advantage could prove decisive in AS Eupen - Royal Excel Mouscron battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion am Kehrweg (8363 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. AS Eupen are in the 11th position while the guesting Royal Excel Mouscron worry at 16th.

Insights:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (22) in Pro League

It's no vacation for neither AS Eupen 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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AS Eupen form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, AS Eupen have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

M. Koch was the last player to score a league goal for Eupen and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as AS Eupen haven't scored in 216 minutes.

The Eupen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Antwerp here at Stadion am Kehrweg in a Pro League match. Heartbreak before that as Eupen lost 0-3 at Mechelen's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Eupen handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and two defeats.

Eupen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eupen defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Royal Excel Mouscron, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Pro League, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Mouscron delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Anderlecht (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Pro League game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Sint-Truiden with the score of 2-0.

Mouscron are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The schedule is very tough for Royal Excel Mouscron now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Belgian Cup game at Union Saint-Gilloise is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Mouscron struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Royal Excel Mouscron - Eupen 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (AS Eupen wins - draws - Royal Excel Mouscron wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EupenS. Prevljak
S. Prevljak
10 goals
Royal Excel MouscronN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
5 goals
AS EupenK. Musona
K. Musona
4 goals

AS Eupen missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

AS Eupen Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 2 12 24
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 6
9 3 2 Drew D 0 2 7
8 5 2 Lost L 2 7 11
29 17 5 Scored S 1 9 22
39 21 7 Conceded C 4 20 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
54% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 33%
33% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 17%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 42% 46%
17% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
8.4 8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.3 5.6
3.4 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.1 2.6
36% 46% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 24% 35%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • AS Eupen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AS Eupen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • All of AS Eupen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (22) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (16) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 23 16 3 4 48 16 12 8 1 3 21 10 11 8 2 1 27 6 32 51
2 Antwerp 24 12 4 8 38 32 12 6 3 3 19 15 12 6 1 5 19 17 6 40
3 Genk 23 11 6 6 46 31 11 6 4 1 25 12 12 5 2 5 21 19 15 39
4 Standard Liege 23 10 7 6 33 24 12 5 5 2 18 14 11 5 2 4 15 10 9 37
5 Anderlecht 24 9 10 5 34 26 12 7 5 0 18 6 12 2 5 5 16 20 8 37
6 KV Oostende 23 10 5 8 33 29 11 6 3 2 22 14 12 4 2 6 11 15 4 35
7 OH Leuven 23 10 5 8 39 39 12 6 2 4 16 16 11 4 3 4 23 23 0 35
8 Sporting Charleroi 23 10 3 10 34 32 10 5 1 4 11 7 13 5 2 6 23 25 2 33
9 Beerschot-Wilrijk 23 10 3 10 45 48 11 6 2 3 25 20 12 4 1 7 20 28 -3 33
10 Mechelen 24 9 5 10 38 42 13 4 2 7 22 25 11 5 3 3 16 17 -4 32
11 AS Eupen 24 7 9 8 29 39 12 4 3 5 17 21 12 3 6 3 12 18 -10 30
12 Gent 23 9 3 11 33 30 10 4 1 5 16 14 13 5 2 6 17 16 3 30
13 Zulte-Waregem 23 9 3 11 34 41 13 3 2 8 14 27 10 6 1 3 20 14 -7 30
14 Kortrijk 23 8 5 10 28 34 13 5 2 6 20 24 10 3 3 4 8 10 -6 29
15 Sint-Truiden 23 7 5 11 29 36 12 4 3 5 14 14 11 3 2 6 15 22 -7 26
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 24 6 7 11 22 33 12 3 5 4 13 13 12 3 2 7 9 20 -11 25
17 Cercle Brugge 23 7 1 15 29 39 11 3 0 8 17 22 12 4 1 7 12 17 -10 22
18 Waasland-Beveren 24 5 6 13 30 51 11 2 1 8 13 27 13 3 5 5 17 24 -21 21

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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.