Royal and SONABEL have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf term. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the Premier League.
- Royal have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Royal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SONABEL have scored away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Royal form and stats
Royal have played 9 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Royal.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Royal, who played 1-1 against ASEC Koudougou. That match was also played at this venue (Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana).
Heartbreak before that as Royal lost 1-3 at ASEC Koudougou's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Royal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Royal as a small favourite), we find ten games. Royal has won four of these, drawn three and lost three.
At Stade Général Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, Royal has the goal stats of 9-9 (for/against) from 9 league fixtures.
SONABEL form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
SONABEL go into this game after a win, the home game against Salitas that ended 1-0.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Salitas wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the SONABEL manager Ouattara as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vitesse.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met previously this season: SONABEL - Royal 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Royal one win, one draw and SONABEL three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Royal missing players
SONABEL missing players
| Royal | SONABEL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 1.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 9.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.8 | 11.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 10% | 12% |
| 8.8 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
| 4.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
- Royal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SONABEL have scored away.
- Royal have the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- SONABEL 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 | Etoile Filante | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | RCK | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | ASFA-Yennenga | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | USFA | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Majestic | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Royal | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Douanes | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | ASEC Koudougou | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | SONABEL | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 21 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Salitas | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Police | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Kiko | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | RC Bobo-Dioulasso | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | ASFB | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | ASK | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 16 |
