This match features two teams living in the basement of the National Soccer League, Espoir holding 14th place and Sunrise lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Espoir form and stats
Espoir's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 8 National Soccer League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.
In their previous game, led his Espoir to a defeat in the National Soccer League match away at Rayon Sports. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Kiyovu Sports.
Espoir are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Espoir defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sunrise form and stats
Sunrise have only collected 4 points from their away games in the National Soccer League, after 0-4-4 (8 played).
Sunrise failed to get anything from their last game, a National Soccer League home match vs Kiyovu Sports (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 1-4 defeat away at Mukura before that.
Sunrise have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Sunrise have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sunrise - Espoir 4-1. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Espoir, five draws and one win for Sunrise. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Espoir missing players
Sunrise missing players
| Espoir | Sunrise | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 31 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 72% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 78% |
| 61% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 61% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 61% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 72% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 28% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 149 | 79 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 76 | 181 |
| 61 | 29 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 15 | 60 |
| 30% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 53% | 45% |
- Espoir has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
- Espoir has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
- Espoir has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Espoir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Espoir is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sunrise has the fewest points (4) away
- Sunrise has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Sunrise have yet to win a 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 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Mukura | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Bugesera | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Marines | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Muhanga | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Gasogi United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Etincelles | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Sunrise | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | AS Kigali | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Musanze | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Espoir | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -13 | 15 |
| 15 | Gicumbi | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Heroes | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 12 |