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- Royal is in the worst form (1-2-3)
- USFA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Royal and USFA.
Royal form and stats
The complete Premier League stats playing at home this season for Royal are 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). Royal has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.
No payout for Royal in their previous match, an away game at Kiko that ended in defeat 1-4.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Majestic (2-3).The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Salitas in only four days.
From these home matches, Royal have conceded only 13 goals.
USFA form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, USFA have produced an overall stat of 5-4-4 so far.
Koutiama was the last player to score for the away team. USFA haven't scored a league goal in the last 210 minutes. The USFA goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 220 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to RC Bobo-Dioulasso (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs RCK.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Vitesse.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting USFA as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: USFA - Royal 1-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Royal wins - draws - USFA wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Royal missing players
USFA missing players
| Royal | USFA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 85% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 77% | 78% |
| 63% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 46% | 44% |
| 44% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 23% | 22% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 33% |
| 37% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 46% | 44% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 46% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 10.2 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.5 | 11.7 | 11.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 12.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 24% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 12% | 13% |
| 9.4 | 6.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 11.6 | 10.8 |
| 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 12.5 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
- Royal is in the worst form (1-2-3)
- USFA have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44 |
| 2 | RCK | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Etoile Filante | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 43 |
| 4 | Majestic | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Douanes | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 41 |
| 6 | ASEC Koudougou | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | USFA | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 38 |
| 8 | Royal | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Police | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | SONABEL | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 34 |
| 11 | Kiko | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | RC Bobo-Dioulasso | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | ASK | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | ASFB | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Vitesse | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Salitas | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 27 |
