Balanced ball game between Royal Excel Mouscron and Cercle Brugge expected

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier

An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Royal Excel Mouscron and Cercle Brugge experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 17th place.

Insights:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League

Royal Excel Mouscron and Cercle Brugge should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

The story so far in the Pro League for Royal Excel Mouscron, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League, at their home stadium (Stade Le Canonnier) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

M. Silvestre was the last player to score a league goal for Royal Excel Mouscron and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Royal Excel Mouscron haven't scored in 202 minutes.

Royal Excel Mouscron faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gent (0-4). Before that game, the home loss against Kortrijk with the scoreline 0-3.

As you see from the result above, Mouscron suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mouscron have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Royal Excel Mouscron has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Cercle Brugge form and stats

Cercle Brugge, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League, have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 4-1-8 (13 played).

Cercle aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 332 league minutes without a goal. A. Musaba was the last player to find the net.

There were no winners in Cercle Brugge's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 0-0 vs Anderlecht (placed 4th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against KV Oostende in the Belgian Cup.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cercle Brugge playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Cercle wins, three draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cercle as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. As for defending, Cercle rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cercle Brugge - Royal Excel Mouscron 1-2. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Royal Excel Mouscron, one draw and four wins for Cercle Brugge. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Cercle BruggeI. Ugbo
I. Ugbo
11 goals
Cercle BruggeA. Musaba
A. Musaba
6 goals
Royal Excel MouscronN. da Costa Jóia
N. da Costa Jóia
5 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Cercle Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Royal Excel Mouscron Cercle Brugge
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
6 3 1 Won W 3 4 7
8 5 1 Drew D 0 1 2
13 5 2 Lost L 1 8 18
23 13 4 Scored S 6 12 30
41 16 8 Conceded C 5 20 45
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 70%
37% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 59%
19% 23% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
7% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
44% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 52%
15% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 11%
44% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
6 5.1 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.9 6.6
2.6 2.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.3 3
33% 48% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Cercle Brugge has the fewest clean sheets (3) in Pro League
  • Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (17) in Pro League

  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 27 14 5 8 44 36 13 7 3 3 22 17 14 7 2 5 22 19 8 47
3 Genk 26 12 7 7 50 35 13 7 4 2 29 16 13 5 3 5 21 19 15 43
4 Anderlecht 27 10 12 5 36 27 13 7 6 0 18 6 14 3 6 5 18 21 9 42
5 OH Leuven 27 11 7 9 44 43 14 7 2 5 19 18 13 4 5 4 25 25 1 40
6 Standard Liege 27 10 10 7 38 31 14 5 7 2 20 16 13 5 3 5 18 15 7 40
7 KV Oostende 26 11 6 9 39 34 13 7 4 2 27 17 13 4 2 7 12 17 5 39
8 Mechelen 27 11 6 10 41 43 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 7 3 3 19 18 -2 39
9 Sporting Charleroi 26 11 5 10 39 35 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 6 2 6 26 26 4 38
10 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 11 4 12 48 52 14 6 3 5 27 24 13 5 1 7 21 28 -4 37
11 Zulte-Waregem 27 11 4 12 41 47 14 4 2 8 16 28 13 7 2 4 25 19 -6 37
12 Gent 27 10 6 11 40 33 13 5 3 5 23 17 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 36
13 Kortrijk 27 9 6 12 33 40 14 5 2 7 21 27 13 4 4 5 12 13 -7 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 27 8 6 13 35 42 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 3 7 17 26 -7 30
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 6 8 13 23 41 13 3 5 5 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 25 -18 26
17 Cercle Brugge 27 7 2 18 30 45 14 3 1 10 18 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -15 23
18 Waasland-Beveren 26 5 6 15 32 56 12 2 1 9 13 29 14 3 5 6 19 27 -24 21

Table
  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 27 14 5 8 44 36 13 7 3 3 22 17 14 7 2 5 22 19 8 47
3 Genk 26 12 7 7 50 35 13 7 4 2 29 16 13 5 3 5 21 19 15 43
4 Anderlecht 27 10 12 5 36 27 13 7 6 0 18 6 14 3 6 5 18 21 9 42
5 OH Leuven 27 11 7 9 44 43 14 7 2 5 19 18 13 4 5 4 25 25 1 40
6 Standard Liege 27 10 10 7 38 31 14 5 7 2 20 16 13 5 3 5 18 15 7 40
7 KV Oostende 26 11 6 9 39 34 13 7 4 2 27 17 13 4 2 7 12 17 5 39
8 Mechelen 27 11 6 10 41 43 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 7 3 3 19 18 -2 39
9 Sporting Charleroi 26 11 5 10 39 35 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 6 2 6 26 26 4 38
10 Beerschot-Wilrijk 27 11 4 12 48 52 14 6 3 5 27 24 13 5 1 7 21 28 -4 37
11 Zulte-Waregem 27 11 4 12 41 47 14 4 2 8 16 28 13 7 2 4 25 19 -6 37
12 Gent 27 10 6 11 40 33 13 5 3 5 23 17 14 5 3 6 17 16 7 36
13 Kortrijk 27 9 6 12 33 40 14 5 2 7 21 27 13 4 4 5 12 13 -7 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 27 8 6 13 35 42 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 3 7 17 26 -7 30
16 Royal Excel Mouscron 27 6 8 13 23 41 13 3 5 5 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 25 -18 26
17 Cercle Brugge 27 7 2 18 30 45 14 3 1 10 18 25 13 4 1 8 12 20 -15 23
18 Waasland-Beveren 26 5 6 15 32 56 12 2 1 9 13 29 14 3 5 6 19 27 -24 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.