Only three points good enough for Club Brugge in Royal Excel Mouscron game

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jan Breydelstadion (29975 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Club Brugge supporters in this Jan Breydelstadion clash with Royal Excel Mouscron, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Pro League table.

Insights:
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (69) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest scored goals (30) in Pro League

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Club Brugge are already the Pro League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Mouscron are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge, who have the most scored goals (69) in Pro League, are steadily winning Pro League games and points here at Jan Breydelstadion. 11 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

No payout for Brugge in their previous match, an away game at Anderlecht that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that match, a win away at Kortrijk.

Brugge have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Jan Breydelstadion with 30 goals in 16 league matches. From these home matches, Brugge have conceded only 13 goals.

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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 (30) in Pro League, so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Mouscron, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Mouscron in their previous game, as they lost their Pro League-match, hosting Antwerp, 2-3. Before that, Mouscron travelled to Sporting Charleroi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Mouscron as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were one away win, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Royal Excel Mouscron's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Royal Excel Mouscron - Brugge 0-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Club Brugge, one draw and two wins for Royal Excel Mouscron. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BruggeN. Lang
N. Lang
13 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
7 goals

Club Brugge missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Club Brugge Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
23 11 5 Won W 0 3 7
4 1 0 Drew D 3 5 10
6 4 0 Lost L 2 8 16
69 30 11 Scored S 5 13 30
24 13 2 Conceded C 11 28 50
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
82% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
67% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 39%
24% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 19% 21%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 9%
45% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 48%
42% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 15%
15% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1 0.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.7 8.8 4.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 7.8 7
4.6 4 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.3 2.8
46% 47% 122% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 32%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Club Brugge have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Club Brugge have scored more than double the goals of Royal Excel Mouscron.
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most clean sheets (14) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals (69) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge have the the best goal difference (+45) in Pro League
  • Club Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 have the fewest points (14) away in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the fewest scored goals (30) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the most matches under the total-line (20) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Pro League
  • 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 33 23 4 6 69 24 16 11 1 4 30 13 17 12 3 2 39 11 45 73
2 Antwerp 33 17 6 10 54 46 16 8 4 4 27 23 17 9 2 6 27 23 8 57
3 Genk 33 16 8 9 65 45 17 9 5 3 38 20 16 7 3 6 27 25 20 56
4 Anderlecht 33 14 13 6 50 34 17 9 7 1 25 11 16 5 6 5 25 23 16 55
5 KV Oostende 33 15 7 11 48 40 16 9 4 3 32 20 17 6 3 8 16 20 8 52
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 33 14 5 14 58 61 17 7 4 6 32 29 16 7 1 8 26 32 -3 47
7 Standard Liege 33 12 11 10 49 41 16 6 7 3 23 20 17 6 4 7 26 21 8 47
8 Zulte-Waregem 33 14 4 15 51 62 16 6 2 8 21 31 17 8 2 7 30 31 -11 46
9 Gent 33 13 7 13 48 40 17 8 3 6 29 21 16 5 4 7 19 19 8 46
10 Mechelen 33 12 9 12 50 53 17 5 5 7 29 30 16 7 4 5 21 23 -3 45
11 OH Leuven 33 12 9 12 53 57 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 4 7 6 30 36 -4 45
12 Sporting Charleroi 33 11 9 13 44 46 16 5 6 5 16 13 17 6 3 8 28 33 -2 42
13 AS Eupen 33 9 13 11 41 53 17 5 6 6 24 30 16 4 7 5 17 23 -12 40
14 Kortrijk 33 11 6 16 43 53 16 5 2 9 23 31 17 6 4 7 20 22 -10 39
15 Sint-Truiden 33 10 8 15 41 51 16 6 3 7 20 19 17 4 5 8 21 32 -10 38
16 Cercle Brugge 33 11 2 20 39 50 17 6 1 10 25 26 16 5 1 10 14 24 -11 35
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 33 7 10 16 30 50 17 4 5 8 17 22 16 3 5 8 13 28 -20 31
18 Waasland-Beveren 33 7 7 19 42 69 17 3 2 12 21 40 16 4 5 7 21 29 -27 28

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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.