Match Report
The table read 383rd (Cercle Brugge, 7 pts) against 613th (Royal Excel Mouscron, 4 pts), 3 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Cercle Brugge: only 538th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 383rd. Per game in the league, Cercle Brugge were scoring 2 and conceding 2, Royal Excel Mouscron 0.5 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.82 goals per team per game.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cercle Brugge 5, draws 1, Royal Excel Mouscron 4, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 90% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 6 second-half goals set the final 5-1.