Stade Le Canonnier: Royal Excel Mouscron vs Waasland-Beveren Pro League preview

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Competition: Belgium Pro League
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Le Canonnier (10500 seats)

Royal Excel Mouscron are welcoming Waasland-Beveren for another important game after their 1-2 result against 13th-placed AS Eupen.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Waasland-Beveren are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats

When playing at home in the Pro League, Royal Excel Mouscron have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

No payout for Royal Excel Mouscron in their previous match, an away game at AS Eupen that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Royal Excel Mouscron lost 0-1 at home to Cercle Brugge.

A decent goal production from Royal Excel Mouscron in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Royal Excel Mouscron have conceded 17 goals.

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Waasland-Beveren form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Waasland-Beveren, who have the most conceded goals (59) in Pro League, so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Waasland-Beveren who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. KV Oostende was the last time a defeat was avoided. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on D. Geeraerd, the Waasland-Beveren manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Waasland-Beveren are looking to quickly end their 217 minutes long goal drought in the Pro League.

Waasland-Beveren's previous game was their home loss versus Anderlecht (0-3). A 0-4 defeat away at Mechelen before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Waasland-Beveren as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. Waasland-Beveren have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Waasland-Beveren - Royal Excel Mouscron 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Royal Excel Mouscron victory, three draws and six Waasland-Beveren wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Royal Excel Mouscron
S. Perica
7 goals
Royal Excel Mouscron
J. Osabutey
5 goals
Royal Excel Mouscron
A. García Serrano
5 goals

Royal Excel Mouscron missing players

Waasland-Beveren missing players

Royal Excel Mouscron Waasland-Beveren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 5
9 5 0 Drew D 2 3 5
11 4 2 Lost L 1 9 18
37 21 6 Scored S 3 9 21
40 17 5 Conceded C 3 29 59
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
75% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 79% 82%
61% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 57%
39% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 39%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 11%
68% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 50%
14% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 11%
21% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 43%
 
4.6 4.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 3.4 4
4.5 5.1 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.9 5.8
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
121 51 26 Total Shots T S 32 83 160
50 20 12 Shots on Target S O 8 29 69
74% 105% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 30%
Key stats in Pro League this season:
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches over the total-line (17)
  • Royal Excel Mouscron has the most points from losing position (17)
  • Royal Excel Mouscron have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Waasland-Beveren have scored away.
  • Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals (21)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (59)
  • Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-38)
  • Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Waasland-Beveren is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 28 20 7 1 56 13 14 11 3 0 31 4 14 9 4 1 25 9 43 67
2 Gent 28 16 7 5 58 30 14 11 3 0 37 10 14 5 4 5 21 20 28 55
3 Sporting Charleroi 28 14 9 5 45 22 14 10 2 2 26 9 14 4 7 3 19 13 23 51
4 Antwerp 28 14 8 6 48 32 14 10 4 0 28 12 14 4 4 6 20 20 16 50
5 Standard Liège 28 14 6 8 47 32 14 9 3 2 24 9 14 5 3 6 23 23 15 48
6 Mechelen 28 13 4 11 45 42 14 6 3 5 24 23 14 7 1 6 21 19 3 43
7 Genk 28 12 5 11 41 40 14 8 1 5 21 18 14 4 4 6 20 22 1 41
8 Anderlecht 28 10 10 8 38 29 14 6 5 3 22 12 14 4 5 5 16 17 9 40
9 Zulte-Waregem 28 10 6 12 41 42 14 7 2 5 30 17 14 3 4 7 11 25 -1 36
10 Kortrijk 28 9 6 13 40 43 14 5 3 6 24 21 14 4 3 7 16 22 -3 33
11 Royal Excel Mouscron 28 8 9 11 37 40 14 5 5 4 21 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -3 33
12 Sint-Truiden 28 9 5 14 33 50 14 4 5 5 17 18 14 5 0 9 16 32 -17 32
13 AS Eupen 28 8 5 15 27 50 14 4 4 6 14 19 14 4 1 9 13 31 -23 29
14 Cercle Brugge 28 7 2 19 26 52 14 5 1 8 16 23 14 2 1 11 10 29 -26 23
15 KV Oostende 28 6 4 18 27 54 14 5 3 6 18 23 14 1 1 12 9 31 -27 22
16 Waasland-Beveren 28 5 5 18 21 59 14 3 2 9 12 30 14 2 3 9 9 29 -38 20

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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.