An important duel in the bottom section of the National Soccer League, with both Espoir and Heroes experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 16th place.
It's no vacation for neither Espoir nor Heroes 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.
Espoir form and stats
Espoir's struggle is real here at Cyangugu Regional Stadium with only 7 points collected from 10 National Soccer League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-7. With Espoir having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager .
Espoir faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gasogi United (0-1). Ahead of that match, Espoir lost 0-1 at home to Gicumbi.
Espoir have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.
Heroes form and stats
Heroes, who have the most conceded goals (40) in National Soccer League, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the National Soccer League, after 2-2-6 (10 played). It's a growing despair in Heroes as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Heroes failed to get anything from their last game, a National Soccer League home match vs Kiyovu Sports (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-5. A 0-1 defeat away at Mukura before that.
Heroes lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
A new game in only four days for Heroes, the National Soccer League home match versus Sunrise. Busy days.
The attacking power of Heroes when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Heroes struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Espoir and Heroes have met before this season: Heroes - Espoir 2-3.Espoir missing players
Heroes missing players
| Espoir | Heroes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 39 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 40 |
| 91% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 59% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 45% |
| 27% | 30% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 32% |
| 23% | 30% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 23% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 41% |
| 14% | 10% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 14% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 5.8 | 5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | 93 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 75 | 185 |
| 67 | 31 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 17 | 60 |
| 28% | 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 27% |
- Espoir have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Espoir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espoir have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Espoir is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Heroes has the fewest scored goals (7) away
- Heroes has the most conceded goals (40)
- Heroes has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- Heroes has the the worst goal difference (-24)
- Heroes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Heroes haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 |