Bugesera will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 16 points behind Police Rwanda.
It's no vacation for neither Bugesera nor Police Rwanda 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.
Bugesera form and stats
The story so far in the National Soccer League for Bugesera at their home stadium (Bugesera Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bugesera, their manager and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Bugesera lost their last game at Muhanga (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Bugesera lost 0-1 at home to Marines.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bugesera as they are travelling to their away game against Mukura in the National Soccer League. That match is three days after this one.
The Bugesera fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Bugesera are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bugesera Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Police Rwanda form and stats
As the visiting team in National Soccer League matches, Police Rwanda have produced an overall stat of 5-4-2 so far.
Police Rwanda failed to get anything from their last game, a National Soccer League home match vs AS Kigali (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 0-1 defeat away at APR before that.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Etincelles in just four days.
Police Rwanda have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Police Rwanda are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Police Rwanda - Bugesera 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Bugesera victories, zero draws and four Police Rwanda wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Bugesera missing players
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| Bugesera | Police Rwanda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 29 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 86% |
| 64% | 45% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 36% | 64% |
| 41% | 9% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 23% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 27% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 50% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 27% | 45% |
| 27% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 55% | 41% |
| 32% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 172 | 89 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 108 | 216 |
| 72 | 34 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 39 | 84 |
| 38% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 38% |
- Police Rwanda has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Police Rwanda have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APR | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Mukura | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Sunrise | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Gasogi United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Marines | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Bugesera | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Muhanga | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Musanze | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Espoir | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Gicumbi | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Heroes | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -24 | 15 |