Rayon Sports have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Espoir. Prepare for the match with this National Soccer League preview!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the National Soccer League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Etincelles.
This stadium uses sand pitch, unlike Rayon Sports's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on sand pitch have ended in 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses.
Espoir form and stats
A National Soccer League draw at home so far for Espoir. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 11 matches.
Espoir are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Etincelles.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Espoir as they are travelling to their away game against Musanze in the National Soccer League. That match is three days after this one.
At Cyangugu Regional Stadium, Espoir has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Rayon Sports form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first National Soccer League away game of the season. During their previous season 12 away games resulted in 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Sports has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Rutsiro for a National Soccer League game that ended a draw (1-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gicumbi.
Sports has another fixture away, a National Soccer League game, against Police Rwanda in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rayon Sports has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Let's have a look at how Rayon Sports performed last season in the National Soccer League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 16 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 2 with 14/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Espoir victory, four draws and five Rayon Sports wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Espoir missing players
Rayon Sports missing players
| Espoir | Rayon Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Espoir | Last season | Rayon Sports | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 83% | ||
| 70% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 26% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 22% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 57% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 46% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 46% | ||
| 39% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 44% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Etincelles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Gasogi United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kiyovu Sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Marines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Musanze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rayon Sports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rutsiro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bugesera | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Muhanga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Espoir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Mukura | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Sunrise | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Gorilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 57 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 43 |
| 4 | Mukura | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Sunrise | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Bugesera | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Gasogi United | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Marines | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Musanze | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Muhanga | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 27 |
| 13 | Etincelles | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Espoir | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 17 |
| 15 | Heroes | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -24 | 17 |
| 16 | Gicumbi | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 16 |