The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Gent are in the 12th position while the guesting Royal Excel Mouscron worry at 16th.
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Belgian Cup match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sporting Charleroi, was also a home game here at GHELAMCO-arena. The away team is better rested.
Gent form and stats
Gent have collected 15 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-3-5. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Gent. Gent have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A nice win for Gent last time playing, versus Sporting Charleroi. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with V. Odjidja-Ofoe and R. Yaremchuk scoring for the victors. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 versus AS Eupen.
There will be little rest for Gent after this match as they are travelling to Mechelen for a Pro League game in only four days.
Gent have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at GHELAMCO-arena with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Gent have conceded 17 in these home matches.
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 (23) in Pro League, so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
Mouscron's previous game was their home loss versus Kortrijk (0-3). Prior to that match, the Mouscron manager A. Rocha Simão faced defeat when travelling to Union Saint-Gilloise and losing 1-2.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Mouscron rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Gent and Royal Excel Mouscron have met before this season: Royal Excel Mouscron - Gent 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Gent victories, zero draws and four Royal Excel Mouscron wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Yaremchuk 10 goals |   N. da Costa Jóia 5 goals |  O. Bukari 4 goals |
Gent missing players
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
| Gent | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 36 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| 33 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 85% | 77% |
| 54% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 19% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 46% |
| 27% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 6.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.6 | 5.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 37% | 48% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 24% | 34% |
- Gent have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (10) away in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (17) 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 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 3 | Genk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 41 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 25 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Mechelen | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Gent | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 33 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -24 | 21 |