Stade Cotonou II: AS Cotonou vs Buffles Championnat National full preview

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Competition: Benin Championnat National
Competition: Sun 12.June
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Cotonou II (6000 seats)

Both these squads are sailing pretty smoothly so far, Buffles holding a 11 point advantage on AS Cotonou in the standings. Let's go!

Insights:
  • AS Cotonou is in the best form (2-4-0) in Championnat National
  • Buffles have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championnat National

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.

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AS Cotonou form and stats

AS Cotonou have collected 21 points from their Championnat National home games so far after 6-3-2.

The AS Cotonou crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Djeffa here at Stade Cotonou II.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Loto Popo.

Cotonou has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. AS Cotonou have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Buffles form and stats

4-6-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Buffles, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championnat National, in their Championnat National matches away.

Buffles won their last game, 3-1 versus Loto Popo played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Djeffa.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Buffles as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. Buffles are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Buffles - AS Cotonou 1-0. Numbers for the prior three meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for AS Cotonou, one draw and two wins for Buffles. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

AS Cotonou missing players

Buffles missing players

AS Cotonou Buffles
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 4 Played P 4 19 38
16 10 4 Won W 2 8 21
9 5 0 Drew D 2 8 11
13 4 0 Lost L 0 3 6
45 22 7 Scored S 3 21 51
29 9 1 Conceded C 1 12 21
87% 84% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 82%
53% 42% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 47% 55%
37% 26% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 32% 34%
13% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 16% 18%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
26% 26% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 34%
45% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 75% 42% 53%
42% 32% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 37% 32%
 
3.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
1.2 0.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.5 2.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
1.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
83% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
2 1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
1.2 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Championnat National this season:
  • AS Cotonou have created more than twice as many corners as Buffles.
  • AS Cotonou have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • AS Cotonou have the most scored goals in the first half (2) in Championnat National
  • AS Cotonou have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • AS Cotonou have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AS Cotonou is in the best form (2-4-0) in Championnat National
  • Buffles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Buffles have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championnat National
  • Buffles have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Championnat National
  • Buffles have the the best goal difference (+17) in Championnat National

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coton Sport Ouidah 22 14 4 4 31 15 11 8 2 1 18 6 11 6 2 3 13 9 16 46
2 Buffles 22 12 7 3 27 10 11 8 1 2 20 6 11 4 6 1 7 4 17 43
3 Espoir Savalou 22 13 4 5 33 20 11 7 2 2 19 10 11 6 2 3 14 10 13 43
4 Loto Popo 22 12 5 5 25 12 11 7 3 1 15 4 11 5 2 4 10 8 13 41
5 ASVO 22 11 7 4 28 14 11 5 6 0 14 5 11 6 1 4 14 9 14 40
6 Dynamo Abomey 22 12 3 7 30 24 11 9 0 2 22 9 11 3 3 5 8 15 6 39
7 AS Cotonou 22 9 5 8 27 19 11 6 3 2 14 6 11 3 2 6 13 13 8 32
8 Ayema 22 7 9 6 23 22 10 4 5 1 14 9 12 3 4 5 9 13 1 30
9 Dadjè 22 7 8 7 22 20 11 5 4 2 14 9 11 2 4 5 8 11 2 29
10 Djeffa 22 8 3 11 17 24 11 5 1 5 8 7 11 3 2 6 9 17 -7 27
11 Panthères 22 6 9 7 20 28 11 4 4 3 11 12 11 2 5 4 9 16 -8 27
12 JSP 22 5 6 11 28 38 12 4 2 6 17 18 10 1 4 5 11 20 -10 21
13 Béké Bembèrèkè 22 5 6 11 13 24 11 3 4 4 8 12 11 2 2 7 5 12 -11 21
14 Cavaliers 23 5 3 15 20 38 11 3 2 6 10 16 12 2 1 9 10 22 -18 18
15 Eternel 22 4 5 13 13 25 11 3 3 5 8 10 11 1 2 8 5 15 -12 17
16 Adjidja 23 2 6 15 14 38 12 2 3 7 7 13 11 0 3 8 7 25 -24 12