Match Report
16 points separated the sides: Beerschot-Wilrijk 9th on 47, Royal Excel Mouscron 17th on 31. Recent form told a different story for K. Beerschot V.A.: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Per game in the league, Beerschot-Wilrijk were scoring 1.71 and conceding 1.88, Royal Excel Mouscron 0.94 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Royal Excel Mouscron had lost four in a row.
Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp, capacity 12,771, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Royal Excel Mouscron led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-2.