Royal Excel Mouscron vs Antwerp Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Royal Excel Mouscron

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Royal Excel Mouscron go into this match after a 1-1 First Division A drawn game vs Charleroi.

In that game, Royal Excel Mouscron had 41% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Royal Excel Mouscron was Nuno Joia Da Costa (85'). Charleroi had 10 shots on goal with 6 on target. Mamadou Fall (88') scored for Charleroi.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Royal Excel Mouscron have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Mouscron have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals during that time.

Heading into this contest, Royal Excel Mouscron haven't lost in the league to Antwerp in their last 2 matches.

Antwerp

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Since a loss in their previous game against RSC Anderlecht in First Division A competition, Antwerp and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Antwerp managed 44% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Antwerp was Maxime Le Marchand (89'). RSC Anderlecht got 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Majeed Ashimeru (52'), Michael Murillo (62'), Anouar Ait El Hadj (77') and Yari Verschaeren (84') scored for RSC Anderlecht.

Showing their bias toward action-packed encounters, the back of the net has been hit 22 times in the previous six matches in which Antwerp have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.67 goals for each meeting. Opposing teams have got 13 of those goals. Such a trend might not follow through into this match, however.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 29/10/2017 tells us that Royal Excel Mouscron have won 1 of these games & Antwerp 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A total of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 of them for Mouscron and 8 created by The Great Old. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The previous league contest between the two was First Division A match day 1 on 08/08/2020 when it ended Antwerp 1-1 Royal Excel Mouscron.

The referee was Nathan Verboomen.

ℹ️ Team News: Royal Excel Mouscron

Robbe Quirynen (Collarbone fracture) and Marko Bakic (Muscle Injury) will be missing for Mouscron manager Jorge Simão.

📋 Team News: Antwerp

Antwerp boss Franky Vercauteren has a number of players out of action. Matheus (Calf Injury), Faris Haroun (Calf Injury) and Sander Coopman (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Royal Excel Mouscron will need to apply a lot of pressure to score goals against this Antwerp outfit who will likely score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We therefore fancy a narrow 0-1 win for Antwerp at full-time.

Hoping for a good game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:15 07/04/2021