Premier League: Two contenders in reasonable shape get together for this fixture. Royal with a wee advantage with their 5th place in the table?
- Douanes is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
- Royal have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League
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.
Douanes form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Douanes, who have the most points (17) at home in Premier League, so far this season. After failing to beat RC Bobo-Dioulasso here at Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo, Douanes has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
The Douanes goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
It's back home for Douanes, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Salitas away with the result 1-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against USFA.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Douanes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost zero.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Douanes here at Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Douanes are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Royal form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Royal, who have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-3 so far.
The Royal goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Royal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Police (placed 14th).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs SONABEL.Royal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Royal have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides encountered each other previously this season: Royal - Douanes 2-1. Previous five meetings between these contenders: Douanes won one, Royal triumphed in two and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Douanes missing players
Royal missing players
| Douanes | Royal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 44% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 67% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 28% | 11% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 39% |
| 33% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 3.8 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 15% | 15% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 30% | 29% |
| 9.4 | 10 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 12.7 | 9.1 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.5 | 4.2 |
- Douanes have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
- Douanes have the most points (17) at home in Premier League
- Douanes have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Douanes is in the best form (5-0-1) in Premier League
- Royal have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Royal have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Royal have the most scored goals (23) in Premier League
- Royal have the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Premier League
- Royal have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Royal haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ASFA-Yennenga | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | RCK | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | USFA | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Etoile Filante | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Royal | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 6 | Douanes | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Majestic | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | ASEC Koudougou | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | SONABEL | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | RC Bobo-Dioulasso | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | ASK | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Salitas | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Police | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Kiko | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | ASFB | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
