It's early days in the Pro League and both Kortrijk and Royal Excel Mouscron are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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!
Kortrijk form and stats
Two Pro League home games so far for Kortrijk, who are yet to win here at Guldensporenstadion. Only 1 point so far.
Kortrijk are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win for Kortrijk against Cercle Brugge the last match, as F. Selemani were on target. Before that, Kortrijk drew at home versus AS Eupen.
Early season league goal statistics from Kortrijk's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
Royal Excel Mouscron are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pro League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Royal Excel Mouscron has drawn their two previous away games.
Mouscron's previous game was their home loss versus Zulte-Waregem (0-1). Before that, Mouscron travelled to Anderlecht and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
2 goals so far away for Royal Excel Mouscron, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Kortrijk wins - draws - Royal Excel Mouscron wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Van der Bruggen 1 goals |  I. Mboyo 1 goals |  T. Moffi 1 goals |
Kortrijk missing players
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
| Kortrijk | Royal Excel Mouscron | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 9.5 | 7 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 18 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 40% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 40% |
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (4)
| Kortrijk | Last season | Royal Excel Mouscron | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 34% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 38% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 59% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 66% | ||
| 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 17% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 21% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 145 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 70 | 138 | ||
| 78 | 47 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 57 | ||
| 51% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 67% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting Charleroi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Standard Liège | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Kortrijk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Genk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Mechelen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Antwerp | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Gent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | AS Eupen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | KV Oostende | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| Last season | 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 |