AS Kigali will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Mukura.
It's no vacation for neither AS Kigali nor Mukura as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
AS Kigali form and stats
4-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the National Soccer League numbers at home for AS Kigali so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for AS Kigali after consecutive victories at their own ground.
It's back home for AS Kigali, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Police Rwanda away with the result 2-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Muhanga.
There will be little rest for AS Kigali after this match as they are travelling to Kiyovu Sports for a National Soccer League game in only four days.
AS Kigali are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. AS Kigali have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mukura form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their National Soccer League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Mukura's previous game was their home loss versus APR (0-4). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Heroes.
Mukura lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bugesera in just three days.
The attacking power of Mukura when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Mukura have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Mukura - AS Kigali 3-1 played earlier this season. AS Kigali-Mukura H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: AS Kigali two wins, Mukura four wins, three draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).AS Kigali missing players
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| AS Kigali | Mukura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 33 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 73% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 91% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 36% | 59% |
| 27% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 55% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 36% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 55% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 32% |
| 36% | 27% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 45% | 32% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 159 | 77 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 106 | 213 |
| 46 | 20 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 26 | 70 |
| 41% | 55% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 47% |
- AS Kigali have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APR | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Mukura | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Sunrise | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Gasogi United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Marines | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Bugesera | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Muhanga | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Musanze | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Espoir | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Gicumbi | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Heroes | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -24 | 15 |