Royal Excel Mouscron fights Standard Liège in Pro League battle

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Royal Excel Mouscron have their presumed home advantage while Standard Liège are ahead 11 points in the Pro League table.

It's no vacation for neither Royal Excel Mouscron nor Standard Liège as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

Royal Excel Mouscron have collected 16 points from their Pro League home games so far after 4-4-1. Two draws in a row at home now for Royal Excel Mouscron.

The points were shared in Royal Excel Mouscron's previous game, also at home. Visiting Standard Liège (placed 3rd) travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a Belgian Cup defeat to Anderlecht (2-3).

Royal Excel Mouscron have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Le Canonnier with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Royal Excel Mouscron's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Standard Liège form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Pro League.

Standard Liège are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Royal Excel Mouscron (placed 9th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Rebecq.

Standard Liège are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Standard Liège in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Royal Excel Mouscron - Standard Liège 2-2 earlier this season. Royal Excel Mouscron-Standard Liège H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Royal Excel Mouscron 1 win, Standard Liège 6 wins, 3 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Standard LiègeR. Emond
R. Emond
7 goals
Standard LiègeM. Lestienne
M. Lestienne
6 goals
Royal Excel MouscronS. Perica
S. Perica
5 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Standard Liège missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron Standard Liège
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 9 18
5 4 2 Won W 0 3 10
8 4 0 Drew D 0 3 4
5 1 1 Lost L 1 3 4
25 15 5 Scored S 1 15 35
24 9 3 Conceded C 2 13 19
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 89%
56% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
44% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
61% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 67%
22% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
22% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
5.1 4.9 3.7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.5
4.7 5.6 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.4 3.2
2 1.9 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 4
 
84 30 0 Total Shots T S 19 85 144
36 13 0 Shots on Target S O 8 39 60
69% 115% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 38% 58%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Standard Liège haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 3 1 38 7 9 6 3 0 20 3 8 7 0 1 18 4 31 42
2 Gent 18 10 5 3 37 20 9 8 1 0 24 5 9 2 4 3 13 15 17 35
3 Standard Liège 18 10 4 4 35 19 9 7 1 1 20 6 9 3 3 3 15 13 16 34
4 Antwerp 18 10 4 4 37 24 8 7 1 0 20 8 10 3 3 4 17 16 13 34
5 Sporting Charleroi 16 9 4 3 26 16 8 5 1 2 10 8 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 31
6 Zulte-Waregem 18 8 4 6 26 21 9 5 1 3 17 9 9 3 3 3 9 12 5 28
7 Mechelen 18 8 4 6 28 27 9 3 3 3 15 17 9 5 1 3 13 10 1 28
8 Genk 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 5 1 3 12 11 8 2 2 4 11 12 0 24
9 Royal Excel Mouscron 18 5 8 5 25 24 9 4 4 1 15 9 9 1 4 4 10 15 1 23
10 Sint-Truiden 17 6 3 8 17 28 8 2 3 3 6 8 9 4 0 5 11 20 -11 21
11 Anderlecht 17 5 6 6 21 21 9 3 4 2 12 9 8 2 2 4 9 12 0 21
12 Kortrijk 18 4 4 10 24 31 9 3 2 4 17 15 9 1 2 6 7 16 -7 16
13 AS Eupen 17 4 4 9 14 29 8 1 3 4 6 12 9 3 1 5 8 17 -15 16
14 KV Oostende 17 4 3 10 20 33 9 3 2 4 14 17 8 1 1 6 6 16 -13 15
15 Waasland-Beveren 18 2 5 11 14 37 9 1 2 6 8 23 9 1 3 5 6 14 -23 11
16 Cercle Brugge 18 2 2 14 16 41 9 2 1 6 8 17 9 0 1 8 8 24 -25 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.