National Soccer League match preview: APR versus Sunrise

Competition: Rwanda National Soccer League
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Régional de Nyamirambo (22000 seats)

APR perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Sunrise can look both up and down from their 9th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for APR and Sunrise. .

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APR form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Régional de Nyamirambo as APR has scored 16 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats are 9-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). APR has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Régional de Nyamirambo. We remember; it was Mukura.

Happy days for APR in their previous game, a National Soccer League match away at Mukura (placed 3rd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Etincelles in a game that was won 1-0.

APR are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 16 goals in 15 matches. As for guarding their own goal, APR have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Sunrise form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 3 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats.

Sunrise delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against AS Kigali (placed 7th) in their previous match; a National Soccer League game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Kiyovu Sports.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sunrise as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Let's have a look at how Sunrise performed last season in the league. They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 15/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Sunrise - APR 3-2 played earlier this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 6 APR victories, 0 draws and 1 Sunrise win.

APR missing players

Sunrise missing players

APR Sunrise
Total Home Statistic Away Total
21 11 Played 10 21
90% 91% Over 0.5 100% 100%
71% 64% Over 1.5 50% 62%
29% 18% Over 2.5 10% 24%
5% 0% Over 3.5 10% 10%
5% 0% Over 4.5 10% 10%
29% 18% Both teams to score 40% 52%
67% 73% Clean Sheet 30% 24%
14% 18% Failed To Score 30% 24%

  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 30 16 12 2 33 9 15 9 5 1 16 3 15 7 7 1 17 6 24 60
2 Rayon Sports 30 14 12 4 30 10 15 8 5 2 16 3 15 6 7 2 14 7 20 54
3 Mukura 30 13 14 3 27 15 15 7 6 2 13 8 15 6 8 1 14 7 12 53
4 Kiyovu Sports 30 10 15 5 23 12 15 6 7 2 13 8 15 4 8 3 10 4 11 45
5 Police Rwanda 30 10 12 8 30 25 15 7 6 2 24 13 15 3 6 6 6 12 5 42
6 Espoir 30 9 12 9 26 29 15 5 7 3 13 8 15 4 5 6 13 21 -3 39
7 AS Kigali 30 7 16 7 27 19 15 6 5 4 22 12 15 1 11 3 5 7 8 37
8 Muhanga 30 7 16 7 32 27 15 7 7 1 21 9 15 0 9 6 11 18 5 37
9 Sunrise 30 7 15 8 22 22 15 4 7 4 13 12 15 3 8 4 9 10 0 36
10 Marines 30 6 16 8 18 19 15 5 8 2 11 7 15 1 8 6 7 12 -1 34
11 Bugesera 30 5 18 7 19 26 15 3 9 3 9 11 15 2 9 4 10 15 -7 33
12 Etincelles 30 7 11 12 21 25 15 5 6 4 14 11 15 2 5 8 7 14 -4 32
13 Musanze 30 6 13 11 17 27 15 6 6 3 12 9 15 0 7 8 5 18 -10 31
14 Gicumbi 30 5 13 12 13 35 15 4 8 3 9 8 15 1 5 9 4 27 -22 28
15 Kirehe 30 3 16 11 9 26 15 3 11 1 9 8 15 0 5 10 0 18 -17 25
16 Amagaju 30 4 11 15 17 38 15 1 8 6 5 14 15 3 3 9 12 24 -21 23

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