Marines will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Rayon Sports.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Marines form and stats
When playing at home in the National Soccer League, Marines have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Etincelles in the National Soccer League last time out and are looking for a win here. In the game before, an away victory match versus Bugesera with a 1-0 scoreline.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marines here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Marines are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.
Rayon Sports form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rayon Sports playing as the away team in the National Soccer League this season. Rayon Sports has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Musanze in their previous game. Prior to that result Rayon Sports won their away game at Etincelles. The scoreline was 2-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rayon Sports are hosting Gicumbi in the National Soccer League only four days away.
Rayon Sports have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Rayon Sports are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rayon Sports - Marines 6-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Marines zero wins, one draw and Rayon Sports eight victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Marines missing players
Rayon Sports missing players
| Marines | Rayon Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 36 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 86% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 82% |
| 55% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 64% |
| 27% | 18% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | 45% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 41% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 45% | 45% |
| 36% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 224 | 115 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 95 | 185 |
| 83 | 37 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 37 | 75 |
| 22% | 27% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 32% | 47% |
- Rayon Sports has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Rayon Sports has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
- Rayon Sports have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 |