All you need to know about the Royal Excel Mouscron - Sporting Charleroi game:

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Royal Excel Mouscron have their presumed home advantage while Sporting Charleroi are ahead 9 points in the Pro League table.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Belgian Cup. That game was also an away game, at Zulte-Waregem. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Royal Excel Mouscron have to build on here at Stade Le Canonnier in the Pro League. Royal Excel Mouscron have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Happy days for Royal Excel Mouscron in their previous game, a Pro League match away at Kortrijk (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Standard Liege that ended 2-2.

A decent goal production from Royal Excel Mouscron in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 9 goals.

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Sporting Charleroi form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sporting Charleroi playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. Sporting Charleroi are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

290 minutes! That's how long the Sporting Charleroi goalkeeper Nicolas Penneteau and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting Charleroi, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Zulte-Waregem (placed 6th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cercle Brugge in the Pro League.

The travelling fans enjoy Sporting Charleroi's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Sporting Charleroi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sporting Charleroi - Royal Excel Mouscron 1-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Royal Excel Mouscron, 1 draw and 8 wins for Sporting Charleroi. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 7 games.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CharleroiK. Rezaei
K. Rezaei
7 goals
Royal Excel MouscronS. Perica
S. Perica
6 goals
Sporting CharleroiR. Morioka
R. Morioka
6 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Sporting Charleroi missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron Sporting Charleroi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 3 9 18
6 4 2 Won W 0 4 10
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 5
5 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
27 15 7 Scored S 3 16 29
25 9 5 Conceded C 5 8 16
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 94%
74% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 78%
58% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 56%
42% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 44% 22%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
63% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 50%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 44%
21% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 11%
 
4.9 4.9 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 4.7
4.8 5.6 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 7.4 6.1
2 1.9 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
84 30 0 Total Shots T S 15 47 119
36 13 0 Shots on Target S O 7 22 52
75% 115% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 73% 56%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (14)

  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 18 14 3 1 41 7 10 7 3 0 23 3 8 7 0 1 18 4 34 45
2 Antwerp 19 11 4 4 38 24 9 8 1 0 21 8 10 3 3 4 17 16 14 37
3 Gent 19 10 5 4 38 22 9 8 1 0 24 5 10 2 4 4 14 17 16 35
4 Standard Liege 19 10 5 4 36 20 10 7 2 1 21 7 9 3 3 3 15 13 16 35
5 Sporting Charleroi 18 10 5 3 29 16 9 6 1 2 13 8 9 4 4 1 16 8 13 35
6 Zulte-Waregem 19 9 4 6 31 22 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 3 3 3 9 12 9 31
7 Genk 19 8 4 7 30 27 10 6 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 14 15 3 28
8 Mechelen 19 8 4 7 28 30 9 3 3 3 15 17 10 5 1 4 13 13 -2 28
9 Royal Excel Mouscron 19 6 8 5 27 25 9 4 4 1 15 9 10 2 4 4 12 16 2 26
10 Anderlecht 19 5 8 6 22 22 10 3 5 2 12 9 9 2 3 4 10 13 0 23
11 Sint-Truiden 19 6 4 9 21 36 9 2 4 3 9 11 10 4 0 6 12 25 -15 22
12 AS Eupen 19 5 4 10 15 30 9 2 3 4 7 12 10 3 1 6 8 18 -15 19
13 KV Oostende 19 5 3 11 22 35 10 4 2 4 16 18 9 1 1 7 6 17 -13 18
14 Kortrijk 19 4 4 11 25 33 10 3 2 5 18 17 9 1 2 6 7 16 -8 16
15 Waasland-Beveren 19 2 5 12 15 41 9 1 2 6 8 23 10 1 3 6 7 18 -26 11
16 Cercle Brugge 19 2 2 15 16 44 9 2 1 6 8 17 10 0 1 9 8 27 -28 8

Read more about Pro League

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.