New Star challenge Cotonsport for recognition and football prosperity.
Cotonsport have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither New Star nor Cotonsport as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
New Star form and stats
The story so far in the Elite One for New Star at their home stadium is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The New Star crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to PWD here.
Prior to that, an away loss at Avion Academy.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the New Star at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Cotonsport form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cotonsport performed last season in the Elite One: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 9/9 goals scored/conceded. Playing away, Cotonsport have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Elite One this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a CAF Confederations Cup home loss versus Otoho d'Oyo with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A draw for Cotonsport before that, at their own venue hosting UMS de Loum (1-1).Cotonsport have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): New Star won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Cotonsport have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixNew Star missing players
Cotonsport missing players
| New Star | Cotonsport | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 12 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 9.7 | 9.7 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 9.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| New Star | Last season | Cotonsport | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 14 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 85% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 65% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 35% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 30% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 35% | ||
| 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 50% | ||
| 61% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 30% | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.7 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 16% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | ||
| 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eding Sport | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | PWD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Bamboutos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dragon de Yaounde | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Avion Academy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | UMS de Loum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Fovu Club | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Renaissance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | New Star | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | OFTA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Cotonsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Yafoot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Young Sport Academy | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Canon | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | APEJES Academy | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | UMS de Loum | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Colombe | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Tonnerre | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Les Astres | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 21 |
| 9 | Panthere | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | New Star | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 16 |