Football match preview: Le Messager Ngozi vs Athlético Olympic

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Competition: Burundi Ligue A
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Urukundo (5000 seats)

Le Messager Ngozi are chasing the top league places while Athlético Olympic are more involved in staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Le Messager Ngozi have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Athlético Olympic have the most conceded goals (33) in Ligue A

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.

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Le Messager Ngozi form and stats

Le Messager Ngozi are steadily winning Ligue A games and points here at Stade Urukundo. 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Le Messager Ngozi has won four games in a row. The Olympic Star match was the last time out without a victory.

Happy days for Messager in their previous game, a fixture away at Musongati (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Olympic Star.

Le Messager Ngozi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Urukundo with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Le Messager Ngozi have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Athlético Olympic form and stats

Athlético Olympic have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ligue A, after 1-2-4 (7 played). It's a growing despair in Athlético Olympic as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Athlético failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Vital'O (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-3.

A 0-4 defeat away at Bumamuru before that.

The attacking power of Athlético Olympic when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Athlético Olympic have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Interestingly enough, the last time Athlético Olympic kept a "clean sheet" was also meeting this opponent, seven league matches ago (Athlético - Le Messager Ngozi 0-0). H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Le Messager Ngozi three wins, two draws and Athlético Olympic two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Le Messager Ngozi missing players

Athlético Olympic missing players

Le Messager Ngozi Athlético Olympic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 4 7 18
9 4 3 Won W 0 1 2
6 4 0 Drew D 1 2 4
3 0 0 Lost L 3 4 12
24 12 7 Scored S 2 6 11
10 4 2 Conceded C 11 15 33
72% 62% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
50% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 72%
39% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 50%
22% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 22%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 29% 17%
33% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 44%
56% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
39% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 56%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
5.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
45% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 29%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 7
2.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 7
Key stats in Ligue A this season:
  • Athlético Olympic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Athlético Olympic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Athlético Olympic have the most conceded goals (33) in Ligue A
  • Athlético Olympic have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Ligue A
  • Athlético Olympic is in the worst form (0-0-3)
  • Le Messager Ngozi have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Le Messager Ngozi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Le Messager Ngozi have scored more than double the goals of Athlético Olympic.
  • Le Messager Ngozi have won significantly less corners at home than 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 Flambeau du Centre 18 12 3 3 33 17 8 8 0 0 20 5 10 4 3 3 13 12 16 39
2 Vital'O 18 11 6 1 31 17 8 4 3 1 14 11 10 7 3 0 17 6 14 39
3 Bumamuru 18 11 5 2 37 15 8 7 1 0 21 4 10 4 4 2 16 11 22 38
4 Aigle Noir 18 9 7 2 19 10 9 6 3 0 11 4 9 3 4 2 8 6 9 34
5 Le Messager Ngozi 18 9 6 3 24 10 8 4 4 0 12 4 10 5 2 3 12 6 14 33
6 Kayanza United 18 8 6 4 21 14 9 6 2 1 11 2 9 2 4 3 10 12 7 30
7 Magara Young Boys 19 8 4 7 30 27 9 5 2 2 17 10 10 3 2 5 13 17 3 28
8 Rukinzo 19 7 7 5 20 19 10 4 4 2 13 12 9 3 3 3 7 7 1 28
9 Inter Star 19 7 3 9 22 29 10 5 1 4 12 15 9 2 2 5 10 14 -7 24
10 Musongati 18 4 8 6 16 21 11 3 5 3 10 10 7 1 3 3 6 11 -5 20
11 Olympic Star 19 5 4 10 15 21 10 2 3 5 8 11 9 3 1 5 7 10 -6 19
12 Tigre Noir 19 4 6 9 19 22 9 3 3 3 11 8 10 1 3 6 8 14 -3 18
13 Bujumbura City 19 3 7 9 19 27 9 1 3 5 10 15 10 2 4 4 9 12 -8 16
14 Top Junior 19 3 5 11 11 25 10 2 4 4 7 9 9 1 1 7 4 16 -14 14
15 Dynamik 19 2 5 12 11 32 9 1 3 5 5 14 10 1 2 7 6 18 -21 11
16 Athlético Olympic 18 2 4 12 11 33 11 1 2 8 5 18 7 1 2 4 6 15 -22 10