Match preview: 7 points separate the contenders so far, Police the superior team. Will Black Stars strike back?
- Black Stars have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiere Division
- Police have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiere Division game only four days ago.
Black Stars form and stats
4 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Black Stars have to build on here at Stade Omnisports Modibo Keïta in the Premiere Division. Black Stars are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
The Black manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus COB (placed 10th).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Binga that ended 1-1.Black Stars are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Omnisports Modibo Keïta in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Police form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Police playing as the away team in the Premiere Division this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Police have lost on their last two travels.
Police are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Bakaridjan (placed 9th). That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without victory.
A 1-3 defeat away at Afrique Football Elite before that.A tale of few goals? 15 of this team's last 20 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Police as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Police in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved met each other before this campaign: Police - Black 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Black Stars zero wins, one draw and Police two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Black Stars missing players
Police missing players
| Black Stars | Police | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 85% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 80% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 45% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 45% |
| 40% | 33% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 40% |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 44% | 46% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 6.6 | 6.1 | 2.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
- Black Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Black Stars have the most points from losing position (5) in Premiere Division
- Police have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Police have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Réal Bamako | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 44 |
| 2 | Djoliba | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Stade Malien Bamako | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Police | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Afrique Football Elite | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Onze Créateurs | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | USFAS Bamako | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | ASKO | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Bakaridjan | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | COB | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Bougouni | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Binga | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Black Stars | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | LC Ba | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | USC Kita | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 16 | Yeelen Olympique | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 9 |
