The Royal Excel Mouscron manager F. Da Cruz attacks this game with the team placed 18th so far. In the visitors dressing room Gent and their manager L. Bölöni are in 16th place before this match.
Gent could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
Royal Excel Mouscron have less points than they have played home games in the Pro League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Mouscron, their manager F. Da Cruz and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Royal Excel Mouscron are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by H. Gnohéré).
Royal Excel Mouscron are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Kortrijk. Ahead of that match, Royal Excel Mouscron lost 0-1 at home to Zulte-Waregem.
Royal Excel Mouscron has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Gent form and stats
No Pro League points yet away for Gent, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Bölöni, the Gent manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Gent's last game was the home draw against Rapid Wien (0-0). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting AS Eupen's place.
The attacking power of Gent when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gent have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Royal Excel Mouscron won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Gent has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  I. Plastun 2 goals |   M. Bakić 1 goals |  H. Gnohéré 1 goals |
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Gent missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 3.2 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 7.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 10 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 27 | 47 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 19% |
- Gent has the fewest points (0) away in Pro League
- Gent have lost all their away matches so far.
- Gent haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (2) in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Royal Excel Mouscron have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Royal Excel Mouscron have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Royal Excel Mouscron have lost all their home matches so far.
- Royal Excel Mouscron have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Royal Excel Mouscron haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Excel Mouscron is in the worst form (0-2-3)
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Last season | Gent | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 59 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 90% | ||
| 59% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 55% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 66% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 34% | ||
| 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 10% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 138 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 78 | 216 | ||
| 57 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 36 | 102 | ||
| 67% | 81% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 58% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Kortrijk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | OH Leuven | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Antwerp | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | AS Eupen | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | KV Oostende | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Sint-Truiden | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Genk | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Gent | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |