It's a clean slate in National Soccer League - the first match of the season. Read the full guide and see how Espoir and AS Kigali did in their pre-season matches!
Espoir and AS Kigali should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Espoir form and stats
The season before, Espoir's league stats were 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, providing 13th position in the National Soccer League. During these two matches they scored 1 goal and conceded 2. Appearing at home in the previous season Espoir delivered 0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) with 0 goals and 0 conceded.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Police Rwanda in only four days.
AS Kigali form and stats
Let's have a look at how AS Kigali performed last season in the National Soccer League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 2 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kigali are hosting Kiyovu Sports in the National Soccer League only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Espoir wins - draws - AS Kigali wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() H. Shabani 5 goals | ![]() M. Hakizimana 3 goals | ![]() A. Lawal 2 goals |
Espoir missing players
AS Kigali missing players
| Espoir | AS Kigali | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Espoir | Last season | AS Kigali | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | ||
| 47% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 7% | ||
| 47% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 2.5 | 1.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AS Kigali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bugesera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Espoir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Etincelles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Etoile de l'Est | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Gasogi United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gicumbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gorilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kiyovu Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mukura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Musanze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Police Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Rayon Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Rutsiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |