Match preview Pro League: Gent - Royal Excel Mouscron at Ghelamco Arena

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ghelamco Arena (20000 seats)

Gent perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Royal Excel Mouscron can look both up and down from their 10th position.

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Gent form and stats

8-2-0 is the performance here at Ghelamco Arena so far in the Pro League, giving Gent a total of 26 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results!

A good away victory last time out for Gent, who won 1-0 against Standard Liege (placed 5th). In the match before that, Gent hosted Club Brugge and drew the game 1-1.

Gent are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 10 games). Gent are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ghelamco Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Royal Excel Mouscron so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

The manager B. Hollerbach was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Stade Le Canonnier. Royal Excel Mouscron suffered a 1-2 loss to Mechelen (placed 6th). A draw for Royal Excel Mouscron before that, at their own venue hosting Sporting Charleroi (1-1).

Royal Excel Mouscron are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Royal Excel Mouscron - Gent 2-1 played earlier this season. Gent-Royal Excel Mouscron H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gent 6 wins, Royal Excel Mouscron 4 wins, 0 draws. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GentR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
10 goals
GentJ. David
J. David
9 goals
GentL. Depoitre
L. Depoitre
7 goals

Gent missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Gent Royal Excel Mouscron
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 10 21
11 8 2 Won W 0 2 6
6 2 0 Drew D 0 4 9
4 0 0 Lost L 3 4 6
40 25 5 Scored S 1 12 29
23 6 0 Conceded C 6 16 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 76%
48% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 60% 57%
33% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 38%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
52% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 70% 67%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 19%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 19%
 
5 5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5 5
3.8 3.2 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.2 4.8
1.7 1.4 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2.1
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
160 89 11 Total Shots T S 6 54 90
67 40 10 Shots on Target S O 1 23 38
60% 62% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 52% 76%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of Gent's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gent have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gent have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Royal Excel Mouscron have scored away.
  • Gent have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (14)
  • 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 20 15 4 1 46 8 11 8 3 0 27 3 9 7 1 1 19 5 38 49
2 Sporting Charleroi 20 11 6 3 35 17 10 7 1 2 18 8 10 4 5 1 17 9 18 39
3 Gent 21 11 6 4 40 23 10 8 2 0 25 6 11 3 4 4 15 17 17 39
4 Antwerp 21 11 6 4 39 25 10 8 2 0 21 8 11 3 4 4 18 17 14 39
5 Standard Liege 21 10 5 6 37 23 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 3 3 4 16 15 14 35
6 Mechelen 21 10 4 7 31 31 10 4 3 3 16 17 11 6 1 4 15 14 0 34
7 Zulte-Waregem 21 9 4 8 31 28 10 6 1 3 22 10 11 3 3 5 9 18 3 31
8 Genk 21 9 4 8 32 30 11 7 1 3 18 13 10 2 3 5 14 17 2 31
9 Anderlecht 21 6 9 6 24 22 11 4 5 2 14 9 10 2 4 4 10 13 2 27
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 21 6 9 6 29 28 11 4 5 2 17 12 10 2 4 4 12 16 1 27
11 Sint-Truiden 21 6 5 10 22 38 10 2 5 3 10 12 11 4 0 7 12 26 -16 23
12 Kortrijk 21 6 4 11 28 34 11 4 2 5 19 17 10 2 2 6 9 17 -6 22
13 AS Eupen 21 5 4 12 17 34 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 3 1 7 9 20 -17 19
14 KV Oostende 21 5 3 13 22 41 10 4 2 4 16 18 11 1 1 9 6 23 -19 18
15 Waasland-Beveren 21 4 5 12 18 42 11 3 2 6 11 24 10 1 3 6 7 18 -24 17
16 Cercle Brugge 21 3 2 16 18 45 10 3 1 6 10 17 11 0 1 10 8 28 -27 11

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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.