Premier League match preview: Léopards believed to be the weaker party when SONABEL pays a visit

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Competition: Burkina Faso Premier League
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo (15000 seats)

The visiting SONABEL side should be favourites in this visit to Léopards, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Léopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • SONABEL have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League

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!

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Léopards form and stats

Léopards's struggle is real here at Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo with only 11 points collected from 14 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-9. Léopards are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stade Dr Issoufou Joseph Conombo, having lost their two previous games here.

Ahead of that match, Léopards lost 0-3 at home to ASFA-Yennenga.

Léopards have scored 10 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Léopards have conceded 21 from these games.

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SONABEL form and stats

Playing away, SONABEL, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League, have won 5 games, drawn 6 and suffered 0 defeats in the Premier League this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the ASFA-Yennenga game have they lost an away game, meaning SONABEL has taken points from eleven away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for SONABEL, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ouagadougou (placed 15th) in the Premier League last time out. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Douanes.

The travelling fans enjoy SONABEL's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: SONABEL - Léopards 2-0.

Léopards missing players

SONABEL missing players

Léopards SONABEL
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 14 5 Played P 4 11 25
8 3 1 Won W 2 5 11
5 2 2 Drew D 2 6 13
13 9 2 Lost L 0 0 1
19 10 4 Scored S 6 17 36
31 21 6 Conceded C 3 10 20
92% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 88%
58% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 84%
31% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 32%
8% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 16%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
35% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 82% 64%
35% 21% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 32%
38% 43% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 2.1
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.3 9.5 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.6 9.5
3.7 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 4.4
20% 19% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 52% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Léopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Léopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SONABEL have not yet lost a game away.
  • SONABEL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SONABEL have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Premier League
  • SONABEL have the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SONABEL 25 11 13 1 36 20 14 6 7 1 19 10 11 5 6 0 17 10 16 46
2 USFA 26 12 9 5 28 17 12 3 6 3 10 10 14 9 3 2 18 7 11 45
3 Douanes 26 12 8 6 38 23 13 5 6 2 20 13 13 7 2 4 18 10 15 44
4 Salitas 21 13 3 5 33 21 11 7 1 3 19 13 10 6 2 2 14 8 12 39
5 Majestic 26 9 10 7 25 24 12 5 4 3 13 9 14 4 6 4 12 15 1 37
6 RC Bobo-Dioulasso 25 7 14 4 24 16 11 2 7 2 8 6 14 5 7 2 16 10 8 35
7 ASFA-Yennenga 26 8 11 7 22 24 14 4 6 4 9 13 12 4 5 3 13 11 -2 35
8 Royal 26 8 10 8 29 27 13 3 6 4 12 12 13 5 4 4 17 15 2 34
9 Police 26 7 12 7 26 23 14 4 5 5 16 14 12 3 7 2 10 9 3 33
10 ASEC Koudougou 26 9 6 11 21 23 13 5 5 3 10 6 13 4 1 8 11 17 -2 33
11 RCK 25 9 6 10 20 29 11 5 3 3 10 10 14 4 3 7 10 19 -9 33
12 Etoile Filante 26 8 8 10 22 20 13 5 4 4 12 8 13 3 4 6 10 12 2 32
13 Léopards 26 8 5 13 19 31 14 3 2 9 10 21 12 5 3 4 9 10 -12 29
14 ASFB 25 6 9 10 23 30 13 4 2 7 15 20 12 2 7 3 8 10 -7 27
15 Ouagadougou 25 6 9 10 19 26 12 1 5 6 7 15 13 5 4 4 12 11 -7 27
16 Vitesse 26 5 11 10 24 31 13 2 6 5 11 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 -7 26
17 Rahimo 26 6 8 12 21 30 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 4 4 5 13 15 -9 26
18 KOZAF 26 4 10 12 20 35 13 2 2 9 9 24 13 2 8 3 11 11 -15 22