This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Ligue 1 game of the season. Both Étoile du Congo and Nico-Nicoye are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.
The visiting Nico-Nicoye played their last game only four days ago, a Ligue 1 match. That game, against Otôho d'Oyo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nico-Nicoye.
Étoile du Congo's stadium has a grass surface. Nico-Nicoye have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Nico-Nicoye when playing on grass; 1 win, 5 draws and 10 losses from 16 matches. They have scored 14 goals in these games and conceded 30.
Étoile du Congo form and stats
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Cheminots in only two days. This game is also played here.
Last season, Étoile du Congo's league statistics were 16 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Ligue 1. Over these 25 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Étoile du Congo managed 8-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 10 conceded.
Nico-Nicoye form and stats
After this away game Nico-Nicoye return home for a Ligue 1 game against JS Talangaï. That game is only two sleeps after this.
Let's have a look at how Nico-Nicoye performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 9/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nico-Nicoye - Étoile du Congo 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Étoile du Congo victories, one draw and zero Nico-Nicoye wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Étoile du Congo missing players
Nico-Nicoye missing players
| Étoile du Congo | Nico-Nicoye | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 91% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 55% |
| 41% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 41% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 30% | 36% |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CARA Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cheminots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Diables Noirs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Étoile du Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Inter Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | JS Talangaï | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kondzo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Leopards de Dolisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nico-Nicoye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Otôho d'Oyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Patronage Sainte-Anne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Racing Club Brazzavile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Tongo FC Jambon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | V.Club Mokanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Otôho d'Oyo | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 43 | 61 |
| 2 | Étoile du Congo | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 54 |
| 3 | Diables Noirs | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | JS Talangaï | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | CARA Brazzaville | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Tongo FC Jambon | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 7 | V.Club Mokanda | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -6 | 35 |
| 8 | Inter Club | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 34 |
| 9 | Leopards de Dolisie | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | Cheminots | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Kondzo | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -19 | 27 |
| 12 | Nico-Nicoye | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 13 | Patronage Sainte-Anne | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 14 | La Mancha | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -32 | 19 |