Soccer match preview: Rayon Sports confident before travelling to Amagaju

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Competition: Rwanda National Soccer League
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Nyagisenyi Stadium (6000 seats)

Struggling Amagaju will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rayon Sports in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has grass, which is not Rayon Sports's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Rayon Sports have performed like this: Played 17 matches resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats with the goal stats 19-19 (scored/conceded).

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Amagaju form and stats

Amagaju's struggle is real here at Nyagisenyi Stadium with only 7 points collected from 12 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-4-7.

Amagaju manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sunrise in the National Soccer League. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Mukura.

The lack of attacking qualities in Amagaju means that they have only scored 6 goals in 12 home games, less than half a goal per match. On the other hand, Amagaju have conceded 16 goals.

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Rayon Sports form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in National Soccer League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses. Things are running smoothly for Rayon Sports who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Police Rwanda. Rayon Sports are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

It's the second away game in a row for Rayon Sports, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Police Rwanda in the National Soccer League last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Espoir.

Rayon Sports have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, 13 away games. It's not easy to score on Rayon Sports as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Rayon Sports - Amagaju 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Amagaju 1 win, 0 draws and Rayon Sports 6 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Amagaju missing players

Rayon Sports missing players

Amagaju Rayon Sports
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played 4 13 26
4 1 0 Won 3 8 19
5 4 1 Drew 1 3 3
17 7 3 Lost 0 2 4
19 6 3 Scored 5 19 41
42 16 8 Conceded 2 9 12
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 96%
69% 58% 100% Over 1.5 50% 69% 58%
46% 33% 75% Over 2.5 25% 46% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 0% 8% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 42% 75% BTTS 50% 54% 31%
15% 25% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 46% 65%
42% 50% 25% Failed To Score 0% 8% 8%
 
2.4 2.7 5.3 Corners For (avg) 5.3 4.8 6.1
5.6 5 6.7 Corners Against (avg) 1 2.2 2.2
1.6 1.5 3.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.8 1.8
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Amagaju have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Amagaju have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rayon Sports have created more than twice as many corners as Amagaju.
  • Rayon Sports have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rayon Sports have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rayon Sports have scored more than double the goals of Amagaju.
  • Rayon Sports have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rayon Sports have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Amagaju
17-03-19 NSL Amagaju 0 - 0 Musanze
23-03-19 NSL Kirehe 2 - 1 Amagaju
22-04-19 NSL Amagaju 0 - 1 Marines
28-04-19 NSL Etincelles 1 - 0 Amagaju
01-05-19 NSL Amagaju 1 - 1 Mukura
05-05-19 NSL Sunrise 1 - 1 Amagaju
11-05-19 NSL Amagaju 13:30 Rayon Sports
19-05-19 NSL Amagaju 12:30 Bugesera
05-06-19 NSL Kiyovu Sports 12:30 Amagaju
08-06-19 NSL Amagaju 12:30 AS Kigali
Rayon Sports
28-03-19 NSL Rayon Sports 1 - 0 Kiyovu Sports
31-03-19 NSL AS Kigali 1 - 1 Rayon Sports
20-04-19 NSL Rayon Sports 1 - 0 APR
28-04-19 NSL Muhanga 1 - 3 Rayon Sports
02-05-19 NSL Rayon Sports 4 - 0 Espoir
05-05-19 NSL Police Rwanda 0 - 1 Rayon Sports
11-05-19 NSL Amagaju 13:30 Rayon Sports
17-05-19 NSL Rayon Sports 12:30 Musanze
05-06-19 NSL Kirehe 12:30 Rayon Sports
08-06-19 NSL Rayon Sports 12:30 Marines

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 APR 27 19 5 3 43 13 14 11 2 1 23 5 13 8 3 2 20 8 30 62
2 Rayon Sports 26 19 3 4 41 12 13 11 0 2 22 3 13 8 3 2 19 9 29 60
3 Mukura 27 15 7 5 35 22 13 8 2 3 18 12 14 7 5 2 17 10 13 52
4 Police Rwanda 26 13 4 9 39 27 13 9 1 3 30 14 13 4 3 6 9 13 12 43
5 Kiyovu Sports 26 11 6 9 27 18 13 7 4 2 16 9 13 4 2 7 11 9 9 39
6 AS Kigali 27 9 10 8 34 25 14 8 2 4 26 14 13 1 8 4 8 11 9 37
7 Espoir 26 10 5 11 30 36 13 6 3 4 17 11 13 4 2 7 13 25 -6 35
8 Marines 26 8 10 8 20 19 13 6 5 2 12 7 13 2 5 6 8 12 1 34
9 Muhanga 27 8 8 11 37 37 14 8 4 2 24 13 13 0 4 9 13 24 0 32
10 Sunrise 26 8 8 10 26 31 13 5 4 4 16 14 13 3 4 6 10 17 -5 32
11 Etincelles 26 9 3 14 23 28 13 7 2 4 16 11 13 2 1 10 7 17 -5 30
12 Musanze 26 8 5 13 21 33 12 8 1 3 15 10 14 0 4 10 6 23 -12 29
13 Bugesera 26 6 10 10 24 36 13 4 6 3 12 12 13 2 4 7 12 24 -12 28
14 Gicumbi 27 7 6 14 16 39 14 6 4 4 12 11 13 1 2 10 4 28 -23 27
15 Kirehe 27 5 9 13 13 30 14 5 8 1 12 9 13 0 1 12 1 21 -17 24
16 Amagaju 26 4 5 17 19 42 12 1 4 7 6 16 14 3 1 10 13 26 -23 17