Renaissance will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind TP Mazembe.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has grass, which is not TP Mazembe's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass TP Mazembe have performed like this: Played 20 matches resulting in 9 wins, 9 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 30-9 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Renaissance form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Renaissance have scored 14 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Super Ligue are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Renaissance are returning here after visiting AC Rangers in a Super Ligue game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Renaissance lost 0-1 at Bukavu Dawa's place.
A decent goal production from Renaissance in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Renaissance have conceded 8 in these home matches.
TP Mazembe form and stats
TP Mazembe's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed TP Mazembe, who have the most scored goals (30) in Super Ligue, collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the Super Ligue. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). The fact that TP Mazembe have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
TP Mazembe won their last game, 6-1 versus Sanga Balende played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus ZESCO United at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As mentioned above, TP Mazembe was the only team on the pitch versus Sanga Balende in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
The travelling fans enjoy TP Mazembe's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. The TP Mazembe defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Renaissance 0 wins, 2 draws and TP Mazembe 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Renaissance missing players
TP Mazembe missing players
| Renaissance | TP Mazembe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 58% |
| 57% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 36% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 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% |
- Renaissance have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Renaissance haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- TP Mazembe has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- TP Mazembe has the most scored goals (30)
- TP Mazembe has the the best goal difference (+25)
- TP Mazembe have not yet lost a game.
- TP Mazembe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 32 |
| 2 | Motema Pembe | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 28 |
| 3 | Vita Club | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Groupe Bazano | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Maniema Union | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | Renaissance | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Lubumbashi Sport | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | RCK | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | AC Rangers | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | Don Bosco | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Sanga Balende | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 12 |
| 13 | Simba | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
| 14 | Nyuki | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | -24 | 11 |
| 15 | Bukavu Dawa | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | -21 | 9 |
| 16 | Dauphins Noirs | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | -20 | 8 |