It's still early in the National Soccer League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Espoir - Mukura preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
2-8-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Mukura when playing away games on sand pitch, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 13 matches are 7-10 (scored/conceded).
Espoir form and stats
The story so far in the National Soccer League for Espoir at their home stadium (Cyangugu Regional Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
It's back home for Espoir, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Marines away with the result 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Etincelles.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Espoir as they are travelling to their away game against Sunrise in the National Soccer League. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Espoir at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Mukura form and stats
As the visiting team in National Soccer League matches, Mukura have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.
Mukura's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sunrise that finished 1-1. A 0-2 defeat away at AS Kigali before that.
The schedule is very tough for Mukura now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National Soccer League game at Marines is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Mukura has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Espoir victories, three draws and five Mukura wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Espoir missing players
Mukura missing players
| Espoir | Mukura | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| Espoir | Last season | Mukura | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 70% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 62% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 58% | ||
| 26% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 22% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 57% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 50% | ||
| 13% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | ||
| 39% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Musanze | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Etincelles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Gasogi United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Police Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | APR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kiyovu Sports | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Muhanga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sunrise | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Rayon Sports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Rutsiro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Espoir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Bugesera | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Gorilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Mukura | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |