With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Royal Excel Mouscron fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sint-Truiden.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sint-Truiden play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Sint-Truiden when playing on grass are 11 wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats from 40 matches. They have scored 46 goals and conceded 69 times in these games.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
Royal Excel Mouscron have played 11 Pro League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Royal Excel Mouscron lost their last game at Gent (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Mechelen with the scoreline 1-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Royal Excel Mouscron have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The Royal Excel Mouscron fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Royal Excel Mouscron's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sint-Truiden form and stats
Playing away, Sint-Truiden have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 7 defeats in the Pro League this season. Sint-Truiden has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Sint-Truiden are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Pro League against Kortrijk (placed 12th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Antwerp.
We have checked recent matches where Sint-Truiden have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D3-L5.
Sint-Truiden are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). The Sint-Truiden manager M. Kostič has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Royal Excel Mouscron and Sint-Truiden have met before this season: Royal Excel Mouscron - Sint-Truiden 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Royal Excel Mouscron victories, 2 draws and 4 Sint-Truiden wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Perica 6 goals |   Y. Suzuki 5 goals |  J. Osabutey 4 goals |
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Sint-Truiden missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Sint-Truiden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 30 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 31 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | 38 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 55% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 18% |
| 68% | 64% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 50% |
| 18% | 27% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 32% |
| 5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 87 | 36 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 59 | 143 |
| 36 | 15 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 25 | 59 |
| 83% | 113% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 48% | 41% |
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (14)
- Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sint-Truiden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sint-Truiden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sint-Truiden have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sint-Truiden haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 39 | 52 |
| 2 | Gent | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 40 |
| 6 | Genk | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Zulte-Waregem | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 26 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | AS Eupen | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -17 | 20 |
| 14 | Waasland-Beveren | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | KV Oostende | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 28 | -28 | 11 |