Elite One duel: Close contest expected between Tonnerre and Colombe

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Tonnerre nor Colombe 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.

Tonnerre form and stats

The season before, Tonnerre's league statistics were 5 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, producing 7th position in the Elite One. During these 18 matches they scored 15 goals and let in 20. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Tonnerre delivered 3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 14 conceded. The first Elite One game here at Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo resulted in a draw. Last season Tonnerre's home game statistics were 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 9 games.

Tonnerre drew their last game, also a home match. Union Douala (placed 6th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Eding Sport.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tonnerre have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost four.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tonnerre at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Colombe form and stats

Let's have a look at how Colombe performed last season in the Elite One: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 14/15 goals scored/conceded. Colombe have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Elite One were 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 9 fixtures.

Colombe play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Canon (placed 1st).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cotonsport wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colombe playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Colombe wins, three draws and four defeats.

0 goals so far away for Colombe, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Tonnerre victory, four draws and one Colombe win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Tonnerre missing players

Colombe missing players