With their 16 point advantage in the league table, Royal Excel Mouscron fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cercle Brugge.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cercle Brugge are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
5-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Pro League numbers at home for Royal Excel Mouscron so far this season.
Royal Excel Mouscron enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Zulte-Waregem's place. The match ended 2-1 with J. Osabutey and Aleix García scoring. Before that, Royal Excel Mouscron had a home game versus KV Oostende which ended with a victory 3-1.
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 Royal Excel Mouscron have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
Royal Excel Mouscron have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Le Canonnier with 21 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 16 goals.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (29) away in Pro League, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-11 (win-draw-lose).
Two travels in a row for Cercle Brugge, whose manager B. Storck could celebrate last time after the Pro League win against Sint-Truiden. Before that, Cercle Brugge secured a home win against Mechelen with the score 3-2.
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 Brugge wins, four draws and three defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cercle Brugge as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. Cercle Brugge have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cercle Brugge - Royal Excel Mouscron 2-2 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Royal Excel Mouscron won three, Cercle Brugge won three and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Perica 7 goals |   S. Peeters 6 goals |  J. Osabutey 5 goals |
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 36 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 37 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | 52 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 65% |
| 42% | 46% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 12% |
| 69% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | 58% |
| 15% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 108 | 47 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 54 | 116 |
| 44 | 19 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 20 | 41 |
| 82% | 111% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 45% | 59% |
- Cercle Brugge has the most conceded goals (29) away
- Cercle Brugge has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches over the total-line (16)
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (17)
- Royal Excel Mouscron have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cercle Brugge have scored 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 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 61 |
| 2 | Gent | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 52 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Genk | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Sint-Truiden | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 26 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 28 | -25 | 21 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 25 | -31 | 20 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 29 | -28 | 17 |