The league table in Elite One tells a story about these teams so far, with Bamboutos leading Union Douala by 6 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Bamboutos form and stats
Bamboutos have played 10 Elite One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Bamboutos has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Bamboutos last time playing, versus Colombe. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. 0-0 away at Dragon de Yaounde before that.
Bamboutos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Bamboutos are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Union Douala form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Elite One travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Union Douala play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Dragon de Yaounde (placed 16th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Feutcheu.
The attacking power of Union Douala when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Union Douala as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Union Douala - Bamboutos 1-3 entered in the official records. Bamboutos-Union Douala H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Bamboutos two wins, Union Douala one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Bamboutos missing players
Union Douala missing players
| Bamboutos | Union Douala | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 72% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 67% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 39% |
| 22% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 44% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 28% |
| 33% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 187 | 100 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 66 | 147 |
| 61 | 37 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 29 | 61 |
| 33% | 24% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 23% |
- Bamboutos have won significantly more 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 | Cotonsport | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | PWD | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Colombe | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 4 | Bamboutos | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Tonnerre | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Feutcheu | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Young Sport Academy | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Fovu Club | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Stade Renard | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Avion Academy | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | UMS de Loum | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | APEJES Academy | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Union Douala | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Canon | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Panthère | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 22 |
| 16 | Dragon de Yaounde | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Eding Sport | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 21 |
| 18 | Fortuna Mfou | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 17 |