The league table in Championnat National tells a story about these teams so far, with Esae leading Soleil by 21 points. Match preview to follow:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This stadium uses sand pitch, unlike Soleil's home stadium. The visitors last two games on sand pitch have ended in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Esae form and stats
When playing at home, Esae have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 16 games.Esae's last game was hosting Avrankou Omnisport and winning 1-0. In the match before that, Esae hosted JSP and drew the game 0-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Esae here at Stade de Sakété, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 16 games). From these home matches, Esae have conceded only 11 goals.
Soleil form and stats
Soleil, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Championnat National, have only collected 13 points from their away games after 4-1-12 (17 played).This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championnat National home defeat versus Beke Bembereke with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at ASOS.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Soleil as they have only managed to score 15 times from 17 away games. Soleil have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Esae - Soleil 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Esae won 3 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Soleil has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 2Esae missing players
Soleil missing players
| Esae | Soleil | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Played | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Scored | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | 4 | 26 | 51 |
| 81% | 75% | 60% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 45% | 31% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 25% | 59% | 68% |
| 29% | 19% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 53% | 55% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 42% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | 25% | 41% | 48% |
| 45% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| 32% | 50% | 80% | Failed To Score | 50% | 41% | 39% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Esae have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Soleil have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 21-04-19 | | Dynamo Abomey | 0 - 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 | 1 - 1 | Esae |
| 19-05-19 | | Beke Bembereke | 1 - 1 | Esae |
| 22-05-19 | | Esae | 0 - 0 | JSP |
| 26-05-19 | | Esae | 1 - 0 | Avrankou Omnisport |
| 01-06-19 | | Esae | 15:00 | Soleil |
| 29-04-19 | | Soleil | 2 - 2 | Dragons |
| 02-05-19 | | UPI-ONM | 3 - 1 | Soleil |
| 05-05-19 | | Soleil | 0 - 0 | Tonnerre |
| 08-05-19 | | Ayema | 1 - 0 | Soleil |
| 11-05-19 | | Avrankou Omnisport | 0 - 0 | Soleil |
| 15-05-19 | | Soleil | 2 - 1 | ASVO |
| 19-05-19 | | Soleil | 0 - 2 | ASPAC |
| 22-05-19 | | ASOS | 0 - 2 | Soleil |
| 25-05-19 | | Soleil | 1 - 2 | Beke Bembereke |
| 01-06-19 | | Esae | 15:00 | Soleil |
| 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 | Buffles | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 58 |
| 2 | Béké Bembèrèkè | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 | Ayema | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 4 | JSP | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Panthères | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 46 |
| 6 | Esae | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | ASPAC | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 45 |
| 8 | Tonnerre | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 44 |
| 9 | Dragons | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 43 |
| 10 | ASOS | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 43 |
| 11 | ASVO | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| 12 | USSK | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 41 |
| 13 | Avrankou Omnisport | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 14 | Energie | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 40 |
| 15 | JAC | 31 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| 16 | Dynamo Abomey | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 37 |
| 17 | UPI-ONM | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 36 |
| 18 | Soleil | 31 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 26 | -22 | 25 |
| 19 | Police Benin | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -23 | 3 |