An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Royal Excel Mouscron and Kortrijk experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 15th place.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League
- Kortrijk has the fewest scored goals (8) away in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Royal Excel Mouscron, who have the fewest scored goals (23) in Pro League, have to build on here at Stade Le Canonnier in the Pro League. Mouscron have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Mouscron lost their last game at Union Saint-Gilloise after a 1-2 scoreline. 1-1 away at AS Eupen before that.
The defeat against Union Saint-Gilloise was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by C. Nielsen).
This is expected to be a close game, with Royal Excel Mouscron perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Royal Excel Mouscron as a small favourite), we find four games. Royal Excel Mouscron has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
Mouscron has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 13 goals.
Kortrijk form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Pro League, on their Pro League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Kortrijk, whose manager Y. Vanderhaeghe could celebrate last time after the Belgian Cup win against Lommel United. A loss against Sporting Charleroi was the result prior to that, in a Pro League home game.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Kortrijk in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Kortrijk, two draws and zero defeats.
The attacking power of Kortrijk when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Kortrijk - Royal Excel Mouscron 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Mouscron, one draw and five wins for Kortrijk. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  N. da Costa Jóia 5 goals |   P. Guèye 5 goals |  S. Tabekou 3 goals |
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Kortrijk missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Kortrijk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| 34 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 37 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 73% | 84% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 72% |
| 32% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 60% |
| 16% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 8% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 56% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 28% |
| 40% | 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 6.5 | 8.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 35% | 52% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 31% |
- Kortrijk has the fewest scored goals (8) away in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (23) 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 57 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Genk | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 43 |
| 4 | Standard Liege | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Anderlecht | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | KV Oostende | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Zulte-Waregem | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Gent | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 30 |
| 16 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 26 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -22 | 21 |