An important duel in the bottom section of the Pro League, with both Royal Excel Mouscron and Waasland-Beveren experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 18th place.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (18) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (47) in Pro League
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 Waasland-Beveren.
Royal Excel Mouscron form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Royal Excel Mouscron, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in Pro League, at their home stadium (Stade Le Canonnier) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Royal Excel Mouscron's previous game was a Pro League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Genk (placed 2nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Zulte-Waregem.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mouscron have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.
The manager F. Da Cruz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sint-Truiden in only four days.
Mouscron has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mouscron have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Waasland-Beveren, who have the most conceded goals (47) in Pro League, in their Pro League matches away.
The manager N. Hayen was unhappy after their last game, a Pro League match played at their home ground Freethielstadion. Waasland-Beveren suffered a 1-5 loss to Zulte-Waregem (placed 9th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Standard Liege wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
Waasland-Beveren lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
The schedule is very tough for Waasland-Beveren now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Pro League game at Anderlecht is waiting in only three days.
Waasland-Beveren find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Waasland-Beveren, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Royal Excel Mouscron and Waasland-Beveren have met before this season: Waasland-Beveren - Royal Excel Mouscron 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Royal Excel Mouscron two wins, three draws and Waasland-Beveren five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Heymans 7 goals | A. Koita 7 goals |   N. da Costa Jóia 5 goals |
Royal Excel Mouscron missing players
Waasland-Beveren missing players
| Royal Excel Mouscron | Waasland-Beveren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 31 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 47 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 19% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 55% | 48% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 33% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 82% | 71% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 9% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 5.3 | 7.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 34% | 46% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 62% | 39% |
- All of Waasland-Beveren's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals (18) in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Pro League
- Royal Excel Mouscron has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals (47) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the most conceded goals in the first half (22) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Pro League
- Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Waasland-Beveren 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 42 |
| 2 | Genk | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | OH Leuven | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | KV Oostende | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Anderlecht | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Antwerp | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Zulte-Waregem | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Kortrijk | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Standard Liege | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Gent | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 14 | Mechelen | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 20 |
| 17 | Cercle Brugge | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Waasland-Beveren | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -20 | 19 |