Royal Excel Mouscron vs Cercle Brugge — Jupiler Pro League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 47+ matches
Royal Excel Mouscron44%
Cercle Brugge30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Royal Excel Mouscron creates 27% more chances
Season form · 47 home / 141 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Royal Excel Mouscron ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
Draw no bet
Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Royal Excel Mouscron at home — creates 1.19, concedes 1.04 · 47 matches
Cercle Brugge away — creates 1.18, concedes 1.62 · 141 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Royal Excel Mouscron attack 1.19 + Cercle Brugge defence 1.62 → ÷2 → 1.41
Cercle Brugge attack 1.18 + Royal Excel Mouscron defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 1.11
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 44%?"
Royal Excel Mouscron at 44% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 44% does not mean "Royal Excel Mouscron will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Genk
Club Brugge KV
Standard Liege
Anderlecht
Gent
Antwerp
St. Truiden
Kortrijk
CharleroiRoyal Excel Mouscron
Zulte Waregem
AS EupenCercle Brugge
Oostende
Waasland-beveren
LokerenIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Royal Excel Mouscron host Cercle Brugge on Sunday, 17 February 2019 at 19:00. The match is part of the Jupiler Pro League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Royal Excel Mouscron vs Cercle Brugge
Royal Excel Mouscron beat Cercle Brugge 3-0 in Jupiler Pro League on February 17, 2019.
The match was played at Stade Le Canonnier in Mouscron.