Pro League duel: Close contest expected between Royal Excel Mouscron and OH Leuven

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

The visiting OH Leuven side should be favourites in this visit to Royal Excel Mouscron, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (12) in Pro League
  • OH Leuven have scored more than double the goals of Royal Excel Mouscron.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mouscron and OH Leuven.

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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, 2 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Le Canonnier.

Mouscron's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Beerschot-Wilrijk (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at OH Leuven.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mouscron here at Stade Le Canonnier in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mouscron have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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OH Leuven form and stats

As the visiting team in Pro League matches, OH Leuven have produced an overall stat of 3-2-3 so far.

Leuven have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Rafael Enrique Romo Perez. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Pro League.

Leuven play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Kortrijk (placed 10th). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Royal Excel Mouscron.

It's hard not to mention Thomas Henry's lethal finishing against Kortrijk. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, OH Leuven are regular goalscorers on their travels. For OH Leuven, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: OH Leuven - Mouscron 2-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Mouscron victories, two draws and two OH Leuven wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OH LeuvenT. Henry
T. Henry
12 goals
OH LeuvenK. Sowah
K. Sowah
6 goals
OH LeuvenX. Mercier
X. Mercier
4 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

OH Leuven missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron OH Leuven
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 2 3 8
4 2 2 Drew D 0 2 4
9 4 0 Lost L 0 3 4
12 7 4 Scored S 6 17 30
26 9 2 Conceded C 3 16 25
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
38% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 75%
19% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 50%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 19%
44% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 81%
6% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
56% 62% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.6 6.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 10.5 10.4
2.7 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.9 4.6
28% 29% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 86% 44% 41%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • All of OH Leuven's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • OH Leuven have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • OH Leuven have scored in all their matches so far.
  • OH Leuven have scored more than double the goals of Royal Excel Mouscron.
  • OH Leuven haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (12) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the the worst goal difference (-14) in Pro League
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 16 9 4 3 35 21 8 5 2 1 21 10 8 4 2 2 14 11 14 31
2 Club Brugge 15 9 3 3 30 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 4 2 1 17 5 19 30
3 Beerschot-Wilrijk 16 9 1 6 39 37 8 6 0 2 23 15 8 3 1 4 16 22 2 28
4 OH Leuven 16 8 4 4 30 25 8 5 2 1 13 9 8 3 2 3 17 16 5 28
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 8 3 5 24 17 8 4 1 3 10 6 8 4 2 2 14 11 7 27
6 Anderlecht 16 6 8 2 26 20 8 4 4 0 11 5 8 2 4 2 15 15 6 26
7 Antwerp 15 7 4 4 28 23 7 4 3 0 15 9 8 3 1 4 13 14 5 25
8 Standard Liege 15 6 7 2 19 14 8 3 5 0 11 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
9 KV Oostende 16 6 4 6 21 19 8 4 2 2 16 10 8 2 2 4 5 9 2 22
10 Kortrijk 16 5 5 6 21 24 8 2 2 4 14 18 8 3 3 2 7 6 -3 20
11 AS Eupen 15 4 8 3 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 11 8 2 5 1 9 10 -3 20
12 Cercle Brugge 16 6 0 10 22 28 8 3 0 5 13 15 8 3 0 5 9 13 -6 18
13 Gent 15 5 1 9 22 25 7 2 1 4 11 12 8 3 0 5 11 13 -3 16
14 Zulte-Waregem 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 1 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 11 11 -9 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 15 4 3 8 21 30 8 2 1 5 10 16 7 2 2 3 11 14 -9 15
16 Mechelen 15 3 5 7 22 28 7 1 2 4 12 14 8 2 3 3 10 14 -6 14
17 Royal Excel Mouscron 16 3 4 9 12 26 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 1 2 5 5 17 -14 13
18 Sint-Truiden 16 2 5 9 18 30 8 2 3 3 9 9 8 0 2 6 9 21 -12 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.