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Royal Excel Mouscron vs Club Brugge KVJupiler Pro League 2018

8/5/2018Jupiler Pro LeagueJupiler Pro League · Round 2Stade Le Canonnier

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 47+ matches

Royal Excel Mouscron30%
×Draw26%
Club Brugge KV44%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

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
1.13
Club Brugge KV
1.43

Club Brugge KV creates 27% more chances

Season form · 47 home / 154 away

creates per match

Royal Excel Mouscron
1.19
Club Brugge KV
1.81

allows per match

Royal Excel Mouscron
1.04
Club Brugge KV
1.06

finishing

Royal Excel Mouscron+0.00on par
Club Brugge KV+0.00on par

Total goals

53%Under
  • Under53
  • Over47

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Royal Excel Mouscron

Club Brugge KV
0
1
2
3
4
0
008%
0111%
028%
034%
041%
1
109%
1113%
129%
134%
142%
2
205%
217%
225%
232%
241%
3
302%
313%
322%
331%
340%
4
401%
411%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
72%28%2.5
47%53%3.5
25%75%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Royal Excel Mouscron or draw
56%
Royal Excel Mouscron or Club Brugge KV
74%
Draw or Club Brugge KV
70%

Winning margin

Royal Excel Mouscron wins by 2+
12%
Club Brugge KV wins by 2+
21%

Team goals

Royal Excel Mouscron 1+ goals
68%
Royal Excel Mouscron 2+ goals
31%
Royal Excel Mouscron 3+ goals
11%
Club Brugge KV 1+ goals
76%
Club Brugge KV 2+ goals
42%
Club Brugge KV 3+ goals
17%

Draw no bet

Royal Excel Mouscron (draw refunded)
40%
Club Brugge KV (draw refunded)
60%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
39%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Royal Excel Mouscron at homecreates 1.19, concedes 1.04 · 47 matches

Club Brugge KV awaycreates 1.81, concedes 1.06 · 154 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Royal Excel Mouscron attack 1.19 + Club Brugge KV defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.13

Club Brugge KV attack 1.81 + Royal Excel Mouscron defence 1.04 → ÷2 → 1.43

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 44%?"

Royal Excel Mouscron scores more
30%
level
26%
Club Brugge KV scores more
44%

Club Brugge KV 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 "Club Brugge KV 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

Match Recap: Royal Excel Mouscron vs Club Brugge KV

Club Brugge KV beat Royal Excel Mouscron 1-0 in Jupiler Pro League on August 5, 2018.

The match was played at Stade Le Canonnier in Mouscron.