Royal Excel Mouscron fights Genk in Pro League battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

The visiting Genk side should be favourites in this visit to Royal Excel Mouscron, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (16) in Pro League
  • Genk has the most scored goals (43) in Pro League

Royal Excel Mouscron and Genk 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

Royal Excel Mouscron's results here at Stade Le Canonnier in the Pro League have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Mouscron lost their last game at Zulte-Waregem (placed 10th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Mechelen.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Waasland-Beveren are coming to town in three days.

The Royal Excel Mouscron fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Genk form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Genk, who have the most scored goals (43) in Pro League, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.

Genk are travelling again after losing away to Kortrijk in their previous match (1-2). Preceding that game was the away victory against AS Eupen with the score of 4-1.

Genk has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Genk in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Genk - Mouscron 4-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Mouscron wins - draws - Genk wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GenkE. Onuachu
E. Onuachu
19 goals
GenkT. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
T. Bongonda Mbul'Ofeko Batombo
11 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Genk missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron Genk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 4 10 20
4 2 1 Won W 3 5 11
5 3 2 Drew D 1 2 5
11 4 0 Lost L 0 3 4
16 9 4 Scored S 12 19 43
31 11 2 Conceded C 4 14 25
95% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
70% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 70% 70%
20% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 40%
10% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 25%
45% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 80%
10% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
50% 56% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
6 6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.7 9
2.6 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.5 4.7
30% 38% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 54% 46%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Genk has the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
  • Genk has the most scored goals (43) in Pro League
  • Genk has the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Pro League
  • Genk have scored more than double the goals of Royal Excel Mouscron.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (16) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the the worst goal difference (-15) 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 19 12 3 4 38 12 10 6 1 3 16 7 9 6 2 1 22 5 26 39
2 Genk 20 11 5 4 43 25 10 6 3 1 24 11 10 5 2 3 19 14 18 38
3 Sporting Charleroi 20 10 3 7 32 25 9 5 1 3 11 6 11 5 2 4 21 19 7 33
4 Anderlecht 19 8 8 3 30 22 10 6 4 0 15 6 9 2 4 3 15 16 8 32
5 Antwerp 20 9 4 7 33 30 10 5 3 2 17 13 10 4 1 5 16 17 3 31
6 Beerschot-Wilrijk 19 9 2 8 40 41 9 6 1 2 24 16 10 3 1 6 16 25 -1 29
7 OH Leuven 19 8 5 6 34 31 10 5 2 3 15 13 9 3 3 3 19 18 3 29
8 Kortrijk 20 8 5 7 26 28 11 5 2 4 19 20 9 3 3 3 7 8 -2 29
9 KV Oostende 19 8 4 7 27 24 9 5 2 2 19 12 10 3 2 5 8 12 3 28
10 Zulte-Waregem 20 8 3 9 27 34 11 3 2 6 12 21 9 5 1 3 15 13 -7 27
11 Gent 20 8 2 10 29 28 9 4 1 4 16 13 11 4 1 6 13 15 1 26
12 Standard Liege 19 6 7 6 22 21 10 3 5 2 12 11 9 3 2 4 10 10 1 25
13 Mechelen 20 6 5 9 31 36 11 3 2 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 15 -5 23
14 AS Eupen 19 5 8 6 23 32 9 2 3 4 12 18 10 3 5 2 11 14 -9 23
15 Sint-Truiden 19 5 5 9 23 31 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 2 2 6 13 22 -8 20
16 Waasland-Beveren 19 5 4 10 25 39 9 2 1 6 10 19 10 3 3 4 15 20 -14 19
17 Cercle Brugge 19 6 0 13 26 35 10 3 0 7 17 21 9 3 0 6 9 14 -9 18
18 Royal Excel Mouscron 20 4 5 11 16 31 9 2 3 4 9 11 11 2 2 7 7 20 -15 17

Read more about Pro League

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.