Espoir are yearning to add to their points total at their own stadium in the upcoming game versus Gorilla.
- Espoir have the fewest scored goals (4) in National Soccer League
- Gorilla have scored more than double the goals of Espoir.
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.
Espoir form and stats
Espoir's struggle is real here at Cyangugu Regional Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 National Soccer League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. When Espoir hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bugesera, Marines, Espoir, Rwamagana City and Rutsiro), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Espoir with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Bugesera game, 39 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 432 minutes without scoring a league goal.
Espoir faced defeat in their previous match, away at AS Kigali (0-4). Espoir were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Heartbreak before that as Espoir lost 0-2 at Sunrise's place.It should be considered that a look at the 13 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Espoir have scored {2 goals} here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Espoir have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Espoir has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Gorilla form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Gorilla playing as the away team in the National Soccer League this season.
Gorilla aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 368 league minutes without a goal. Adeaga was the last player to find the net.
Gorilla lost away at AS Kigali (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Late heartbreak for Gorilla in the AS Kigali match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Marines that ended 0-0.Lacking goals? 9 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gorilla are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Espoir-Gorilla H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Espoir zero wins, Gorilla two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.
Espoir missing players
Gorilla missing players
| Espoir | Gorilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 86% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 23% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 36% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
| 1.8 | 2.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 14% | 7% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 50% | 43% |
| 7.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
- Espoir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Espoir have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in National Soccer League
- Espoir have the fewest scored goals (4) in National Soccer League
- Espoir have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in National Soccer League
- Espoir have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Gorilla have scored more than double the goals of Espoir.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AS Kigali | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | APR | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Kiyovu Sports | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Gasogi United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Musanze | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Mukura | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Police Rwanda | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Sunrise | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Etincelles | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Bugesera | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Gorilla | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | Rutsiro | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Rwamagana City | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 15 | Marines | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Espoir | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 7 |