Betting preview: Police vs USFAS Bamako should be interesting

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Competition: Mali Premiere Division
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Omnisports de Bougouni (4500 seats)

Police and USFAS Bamako have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. The teams both hold mid-table places in the Premiere Division.

Insights:
  • Police is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiere Division
  • USFAS Bamako have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiere Division

It's no vacation for neither Police nor USFAS Bamako 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.

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Police form and stats

The story so far in the Premiere Division for Police at their home stadium (Stade Omnisports de Bougouni) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Police's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus USC Kita (placed 15th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting ASKO and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Police perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Police as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Police has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have seen two goals or less.

From these home matches, Police have conceded only 6 goals.

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USFAS Bamako form and stats

There's been little loot from USFAS Bamako's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premiere Division. USFAS Bamako only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 6 draws. Bamako has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

USFAS Bamako has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Binga for a 1-1 draw.

Before that, Bamako travelled to Stade Malien Bamako and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with USFAS Bamako playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 USFAS Bamako wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting USFAS Bamako as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: USFAS Bamako - Police 1-0. Head to head totals (for the last three meetings): Police won one game, one match ended with a draw and USFAS Bamako have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.

Police missing players

USFAS Bamako missing players

Police USFAS Bamako
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 9 1 Played P 1 9 16
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
6 5 0 Drew D 1 6 8
4 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
14 9 0 Scored S 0 5 15
12 6 1 Conceded C 0 8 14
81% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 81%
50% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 69%
25% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 31%
6% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 50%
44% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 31%
38% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 56% 38%
 
2.2 2.4 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 3.2
4.1 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 4.8
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.9 4.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6.3 6.8
1.7 1.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.6 2.2
55% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 41%
 
5 5.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5.7 6.5
1.8 1.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 1.4 2
Key stats in Premiere Division this season:
  • Police is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premiere Division
  • USFAS Bamako have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Premiere Division
  • USFAS Bamako have the most points from losing position (3) in Premiere Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Djoliba 16 8 8 0 20 6 9 7 2 0 16 3 7 1 6 0 4 3 14 32
2 Real Bamako 16 9 5 2 22 9 8 5 2 1 14 6 8 4 3 1 8 3 13 32
3 Bakaridjan 16 7 4 5 16 14 8 5 0 3 11 8 8 2 4 2 5 6 2 25
4 Bougouni 16 6 6 4 20 13 8 6 1 1 14 3 8 0 5 3 6 10 7 24
5 Stade Malien Bamako 16 5 7 4 12 7 7 2 4 1 4 2 9 3 3 3 8 5 5 24
6 Police 16 6 6 4 14 12 9 3 5 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 5 6 2 24
7 Onze Createurs 16 6 6 4 13 13 8 2 3 3 4 7 8 4 3 1 9 6 0 24
8 USFAS Bamako 16 5 8 3 15 14 7 4 2 1 10 6 9 1 6 2 5 8 1 23
9 ASKO 16 5 7 4 13 11 8 1 5 2 3 3 8 4 2 2 10 8 2 22
10 Afrique Football Élite 16 6 4 6 11 10 8 2 3 3 4 6 8 4 1 3 7 4 1 22
11 Black Stars 16 5 4 7 16 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 7 1 1 5 6 11 -2 19
12 Binga 16 3 9 4 8 10 9 2 6 1 6 6 7 1 3 3 2 4 -2 18
13 COB 16 4 6 6 10 17 8 1 4 3 3 8 8 3 2 3 7 9 -7 18
14 LC Ba 16 3 7 6 12 18 7 1 3 3 5 8 9 2 4 3 7 8 -6 12
15 USC Kita 16 1 6 9 9 23 8 1 4 3 4 8 8 0 2 6 5 15 -14 9
16 Yeelen Olympique 16 1 3 12 10 26 7 0 1 6 5 12 9 1 2 6 5 16 -16 9