Football tips: Royal Excel Mouscron vs Mechelen - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

Only the second game in the Pro League for these teams and it's all to play for here at Stade Le Canonnier as Royal Excel Mouscron welcomes Mechelen. Check out this preview!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

An away draw last time out for Mouscron, facing Antwerp in a game that ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Waasland-Beveren in a game that was won 1-0.

M. Bakić was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Antwerp after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

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 Mouscron have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Last season, Royal Excel Mouscron's league statistics were 9 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Pro League. Over these 29 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Royal Excel Mouscron managed 6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 17 conceded.

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Mechelen form and stats

There were no winners in Mechelen's previous match, a Pro League home game that ended 2-2 vs Anderlecht (placed 7th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs AS Eupen.

Mechelen's last match (vs Anderlecht) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 85th minute equalizer by J. Vanlerberghe.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mechelen playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were three Mechelen wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Let's have a look at how Mechelen performed last season in the Pro League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 21/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Royal Excel Mouscron, two draws and seven wins for Mechelen. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MouscronM. Bakić
M. Bakić
1 goals
MechelenJ. Vanlerberghe
J. Vanlerberghe
1 goals
MechelenI. Rinck de Camargo
I. Rinck de Camargo
1 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Mechelen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Royal Excel Mouscron Mechelen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 12
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Royal Excel Mouscron Last season Mechelen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 15   Played P   14 29
9 6   Won W   7 13
9 5   Drew D   1 5
11 4   Lost L   6 11
38 22   Scored S   21 46
40 17   Conceded C   19 43
97% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 97%
72% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 90%
59% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 69%
38% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 38%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   14% 14%
66% 60%   BTTS BTTS   50% 55%
17% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 24%
21% 20%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.3
4.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.9
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
138 68   Total Shots T S   61 225
57 27   Shots on Target S O   28 103
67% 81%   Goal Efficiency G E   75% 45%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 29 21 7 1 58 14 15 12 3 0 33 5 14 9 4 1 25 9 44 70
2 Gent 29 16 7 6 59 34 15 11 3 1 38 14 14 5 4 5 21 20 25 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 29 15 9 5 49 23 14 10 2 2 26 9 15 5 7 3 23 14 26 54
4 Antwerp 29 15 8 6 49 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 15 5 4 6 21 20 17 53
5 Standard Liège 29 14 7 8 47 32 15 9 4 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 49
6 Mechelen 29 13 5 11 46 43 15 6 4 5 25 24 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 44
7 Genk 29 13 5 11 45 42 14 8 1 5 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 44
8 Anderlecht 29 11 10 8 45 29 15 7 5 3 29 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 16 43
9 Zulte-Waregem 29 10 6 13 41 49 14 7 2 5 30 17 15 3 4 8 11 32 -8 36
10 Royal Excel Mouscron 29 9 9 11 38 40 15 6 5 4 22 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -2 36
11 Kortrijk 29 9 6 14 40 44 15 5 3 7 24 22 14 4 3 7 16 22 -4 33
12 Sint-Truiden 29 9 6 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 16 32 -17 33
13 AS Eupen 29 8 6 15 28 51 14 4 4 6 14 19 15 4 2 9 14 32 -23 30
14 Cercle Brugge 29 7 2 20 27 54 14 5 1 8 16 23 15 2 1 12 11 31 -27 23
15 KV Oostende 29 6 4 19 29 58 15 5 3 7 20 27 14 1 1 12 9 31 -29 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 29 5 5 19 21 60 14 3 2 9 12 30 15 2 3 10 9 30 -39 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Waasland-Beveren 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Beerschot-Wilrijk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Genk 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Sint-Truiden 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sporting Charleroi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Standard Liège 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Anderlecht 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Mechelen 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Antwerp 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 AS Eupen 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 OH Leuven 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Royal Excel Mouscron 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Gent 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 KV Oostende 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Zulte-Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cercle Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Club Brugge 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Kortrijk 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.