Top Junior vs Bujumbura City match preview

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Competition: Burundi Ligue A
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Peace Park Progress (23000 seats)

Top Junior - Bujumbura City: Ligue A basement sides hungry for points and greatness. Read all the available stats and tables before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Top Junior have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ligue A
  • Bujumbura City have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) 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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Top Junior form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue A this season. Top Junior have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stade Peace Park Progress. When Top Junior hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Tigre Noir, Olympic Star, Top Junior, Dynamik and Athletico Olympic), they have won 2 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Top Junior to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Top Junior will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Rukinzo (placed 8th).

Before that game, the home loss against Inter Star with the scoreline 1-2.

It should be noted that a look at the 13 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Junior here at Stade Peace Park Progress in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 9 games). Top Junior have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bujumbura City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bujumbura City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Bujumbura City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Bujumbura's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Tigre Noir (placed 12th).

A 1-2 defeat away at Magara Young Boys before that.

Observe! Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 11 goals have been conceded by Bujumbura City in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Bujumbura City - Top Junior 1-2. Previous three meetings featuring these contenders: Top Junior won zero, Bujumbura City were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.

Top Junior missing players

Bujumbura City missing players

Top Junior Bujumbura City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
3 2 2 Won W 1 2 3
4 3 0 Drew D 2 3 6
11 4 0 Lost L 0 4 9
10 6 4 Scored S 3 8 18
24 8 0 Conceded C 1 11 26
83% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 94%
50% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 83%
28% 22% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 50%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
28% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 67%
33% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 67% 22% 11%
56% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
1.3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.3
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.2 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.8 7.6
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 2.5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 40%
 
3.3 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7.8 6.8
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.8
Key stats in Ligue A this season:
  • Bujumbura City have created more than twice as many corners as Top Junior.
  • Bujumbura City have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Ligue A
  • Top Junior have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Top Junior have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Top Junior have the fewest scored goals (10) in Ligue A
  • Top Junior 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 18 8 4 6 29 25 8 5 2 1 16 8 10 3 2 5 13 17 4 28
8 Rukinzo 18 7 7 4 20 18 10 4 4 2 13 12 8 3 3 2 7 6 2 28
9 Inter Star 18 6 3 9 21 29 9 4 1 4 11 15 9 2 2 5 10 14 -8 21
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 18 4 4 10 13 20 10 2 3 5 8 11 8 2 1 5 5 9 -7 16
12 Tigre Noir 18 3 6 9 16 22 8 2 3 3 8 8 10 1 3 6 8 14 -6 15
13 Bujumbura City 18 3 6 9 18 26 9 1 3 5 10 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -8 15
14 Top Junior 18 3 4 11 10 24 9 2 3 4 6 8 9 1 1 7 4 16 -14 13
15 Dynamik 18 2 5 11 11 29 9 1 3 5 5 14 9 1 2 6 6 15 -18 11
16 Athletico Olympic 18 2 4 12 11 33 11 1 2 8 5 18 7 1 2 4 6 15 -22 10