Pro League match prediction and preview for Royal Excel Mouscron vs KV Oostende clash

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

Royal Excel Mouscron are welcoming KV Oostende for another important game after their 0-1 result against 8th-placed Anderlecht.

Royal Excel Mouscron and KV Oostende 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

Overall Pro League stats at home this season for Royal Excel Mouscron are 4-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Royal Excel Mouscron with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Sporting Charleroi game, 49 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Royal Excel Mouscron, their manager B. Hollerbach and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Royal Excel Mouscron lost their last game at Anderlecht (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Sint-Truiden that was lost 1-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Royal Excel Mouscron handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wfive-Dtwo-Ltwo.

Royal Excel Mouscron have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Le Canonnier with 18 goals in 12 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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KV Oostende form and stats

There's been little loot from KV Oostende's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 12 away games in the Pro League. KV Oostende only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 1 draw. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.

KV Oostende are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Pro League against Sint-Truiden (placed 10th). Prior to that match, the KV Oostende manager D. van Wijk faced defeat when travelling to Standard Liège and losing 1-2.

KV Oostende are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The attacking power of KV Oostende when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 12 league matches away. For KV Oostende, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result KV Oostende - Royal Excel Mouscron 2-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Royal Excel Mouscron won four, KV Oostende won three and three draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KV OostendeJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
7 goals
Royal Excel MouscronS. Perica
S. Perica
6 goals
Royal Excel MouscronJ. Osabutey
J. Osabutey
4 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

KV Oostende missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron KV Oostende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 3 12 24
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 6
9 5 0 Drew D 1 1 3
9 3 0 Lost L 2 10 15
31 18 4 Scored S 3 7 24
35 15 0 Conceded C 6 25 44
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 75%
58% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 54%
42% 42% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 38%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
67% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 54%
17% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 58% 42%
 
4.8 4.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.6 4.2
4.4 4.9 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6
2.1 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
102 47 21 Total Shots T S 19 67 122
41 19 9 Shots on Target S O 9 36 63
76% 95% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 38%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • KV Oostende has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • KV Oostende has the fewest scored goals (7) away
  • KV Oostende has the most conceded goals in the second half (32)
  • KV Oostende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • KV Oostende have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • KV Oostende haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KV Oostende 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 24 17 6 1 51 11 12 9 3 0 28 3 12 8 3 1 23 8 40 57
2 Gent 24 14 6 4 50 25 12 10 2 0 32 8 12 4 4 4 18 17 25 48
3 Antwerp 24 13 6 5 43 28 11 9 2 0 23 9 13 4 4 5 20 19 15 45
4 Standard Liège 24 12 5 7 43 29 12 8 2 2 23 9 12 4 3 5 20 20 14 41
5 Sporting Charleroi 23 11 8 4 36 19 11 7 2 2 18 8 12 4 6 2 18 11 17 41
6 Genk 24 11 4 9 37 34 12 8 1 3 19 13 12 3 3 6 18 21 3 37
7 Zulte-Waregem 24 10 4 10 37 33 12 7 1 4 27 13 12 3 3 6 10 20 4 34
8 Mechelen 23 10 4 9 33 37 12 4 3 5 18 23 11 6 1 4 15 14 -4 34
9 Anderlecht 24 8 9 7 28 25 13 5 5 3 16 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 3 33
10 Sint-Truiden 24 8 5 11 27 40 11 3 5 3 12 12 13 5 0 8 15 28 -13 29
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 24 6 9 9 31 35 12 4 5 3 18 15 12 2 4 6 13 20 -4 27
12 Kortrijk 24 7 5 12 33 39 13 5 3 5 24 20 11 2 2 7 9 19 -6 26
13 AS Eupen 24 7 5 12 20 35 12 3 4 5 10 15 12 4 1 7 10 20 -15 26
14 KV Oostende 24 6 3 15 24 44 12 5 2 5 17 19 12 1 1 10 7 25 -20 21
15 Waasland-Beveren 24 5 5 14 19 48 12 3 2 7 11 25 12 2 3 7 8 23 -29 20
16 Cercle Brugge 24 3 2 19 20 50 12 3 1 8 12 21 12 0 1 11 8 29 -30 11

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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.