It's advantage Buffles so far with their 2nd position in the Championnat National table, welcoming Esae who are placed 9th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Buffles form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Municipal de Parakou as Buffles, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championnat National, have scored 12 goals to get 26 points from 13 games. The overall stats are 8-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Buffles to get some points in this home game.The Buffles fans got no joy from their last match, a Championnat National game also here at Stade Municipal de Parakou: A 0-2 defeat against UPI-ONM. Prior to that, an away loss at USSK.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Buffles, as the Championnat National home game vs Energie is only three days away.
Buffles aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Municipal de Parakou with only 12 goals from 13 games. Buffles have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Esae form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term.Two travels in a row for Esae, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Championnat National win against ASOS. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs ASPAC.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Esae manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Béké Bembèrèkè.
Esae are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Esae - Buffles 0-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 1 - 2 - 0 (Buffles wins - draws - Esae wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Buffles missing players
Esae missing players
| Buffles | Esae | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Scored | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 81% |
| 32% | 38% | 25% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 12% | 15% | 25% | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 68% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 42% | 42% |
| 36% | 23% | 25% | Failed To Score | 0% | 17% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Buffles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Buffles haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Esae have created more than twice as many corners as Buffles.
- Esae have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 10-03-19 | | Soleil | 1 - 0 | Buffles |
| 07-04-19 | | ASPAC | 0 - 1 | Buffles |
| 10-04-19 | | Buffles | 0 - 1 | Béké Bembèrèkè |
| 13-04-19 | | Buffles | 1 - 0 | Avrankou Omnisport |
| 17-04-19 | | ASVO | 0 - 1 | Buffles |
| 24-04-19 | | ASOS | 1 - 0 | Buffles |
| 05-05-19 | | USSK | 2 - 1 | Buffles |
| 08-05-19 | | Buffles | 0 - 2 | UPI-ONM |
| 15-05-19 | | Buffles | 15:00 | Esae |
| 18-05-19 | | Buffles | 15:00 | Energie |
| 06-04-19 | | Esae | 1 - 0 | Tonnerre |
| 11-04-19 | | Esae | 0 - 0 | Energie |
| 14-04-19 | | Dragons | 2 - 1 | Esae |
| 17-04-19 | | UPI-ONM | 2 - 1 | Esae |
| 27-04-19 | | Esae | 1 - 0 | USSK |
| 01-05-19 | | ASVO | 0 - 0 | Esae |
| 04-05-19 | | Esae | 1 - 1 | ASPAC |
| 08-05-19 | | ASOS | 0 - 1 | Esae |
| 15-05-19 | | Buffles | 15:00 | Esae |
| 19-05-19 | | Béké Bembèrèkè | 15:00 | Esae |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Béké Bembèrèkè | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 46 |
| 2 | Buffles | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 45 |
| 3 | Panthères | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Ayema | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Dragons | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | ASPAC | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 39 |
| 7 | JSP | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 39 |
| 8 | ASOS | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Esae | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | JAC | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
| 11 | Avrankou Omnisport | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Tonnerre | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Dynamo Abomey | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 34 |
| 14 | USSK | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 15 | UPI-ONM | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -11 | 32 |
| 16 | ASVO | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 17 | Energie | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Soleil | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 15 |
| 19 | Police Benin | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -23 | 3 |