Yet another exciting fixture in the National Soccer League. Espoir is in the 13th place from participating in four fixtures. They receive Rutsiro who are placed 9th from four fixtures.
This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!
Espoir form and stats
Only two National Soccer League home games for Espoir so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Espoir to get some points in this home game.
Espoir are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Musanze.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Mukura (0-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Espoir have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Early season league goal statistics from Espoir's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.
Rutsiro form and stats
Things could have gone better for Rutsiro in their National Soccer League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Rutsiro's previous game was their home loss versus AS Kigali (1-2).
A draw for Rutsiro before that, at their own venue hosting Marines (1-1).It's early days yet, but Rutsiro has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Espoir one win, two draws and Rutsiro zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Espoir missing players
Rutsiro missing players
| Espoir | Rutsiro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 1.8 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| 3.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 15% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 57% |
| 8.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 8.8 |
| 3.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Espoir | Last season | Rutsiro | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 34 | ||
| 83% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 63% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 47% | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6.8 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 46% | ||
| 7.9 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rayon Sports | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Gasogi United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Kiyovu Sports | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Gorilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Sunrise | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Musanze | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | APR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Rutsiro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Etincelles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Mukura | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Bugesera | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Espoir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Marines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Police Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Rwamagana City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 66 |
| 2 | Kiyovu Sports | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 65 |
| 3 | AS Kigali | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Rayon Sports | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Mukura | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Police Rwanda | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Musanze | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Bugesera | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Marines | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 37 |
| 10 | Espoir | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -8 | 35 |
| 11 | Gasogi United | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 34 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 34 |
| 13 | Gorilla | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 33 |
| 14 | Rutsiro | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 32 |
| 15 | Etoile de l'Est | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 30 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Gicumbi | 30 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -27 | 18 |
