With the volatile opening fixture done it’s time for the second National Soccer League clash of the season. Police Rwanda are eager to welcome Espoir in front of their stadium regulars.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Police and Espoir.
Police Rwanda form and stats
In the previous season, Police Rwanda's league stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses, providing 5th spot in the National Soccer League. Over these one match they scored 3 goals and let in 1. Performing as the host team in the last season Police Rwanda delivered 0-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 0 conceded.
Happy days for Police Rwanda in their previous game, a National Soccer League match away at Etoile de l'Est (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AS Kigali (0-2).Espoir form and stats
Let's have a look at how Espoir performed last season in the National Soccer League: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total they scored 1 and conceded 2 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 1 with 1/2 goals scored/conceded.
Espoir failed to get anything from their last game, a National Soccer League home match vs AS Kigali (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Rayon Sports.Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these sides: Police Rwanda won six, Espoir triumphed in zero and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Police Rwanda missing players
Espoir missing players
| Police Rwanda | Espoir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Police Rwanda | Last season | Espoir | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 47% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 33% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 51% | 59% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 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 | Police Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | APR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Musanze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | AS Kigali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Gasogi United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kiyovu Sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rayon Sports | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Etincelles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Rutsiro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gorilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Marines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mukura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Bugesera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Gicumbi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Espoir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Etoile de l'Est | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |