Match Report
Anderlecht, 3rd with 58 points, sat 27 points above Royal Excel Mouscron (17th, 31). Recent form told a different story for Anderlecht: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Per game in the league, Royal Excel Mouscron were scoring 0.94 and conceding 1.59, Anderlecht 1.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 14 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Royal Excel Mouscron, 2 draws and 9 for Anderlecht, at 3.57 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 64% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 64% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 64%. The recent editions have closed up — 2.4 goals per game over the last five against 3.57 all-time.
The match was played at Stade Le Canonnier in Moeskron (capacity 10,500). Royal Excel Mouscron led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.