Struggling Gicumbi will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kiyovu Sports in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gicumbi form and stats
Gicumbi's results here at Stade Mumena in the National Soccer League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Gicumbi are slowly digging their own grave here at Stade Mumena with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Espoir match.
Gicumbi faced defeat in their previous match, away at Mukura (0-3). Before that game, the home loss against Police Rwanda with the scoreline 0-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Gicumbi here at Stade Mumena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Kiyovu Sports form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kiyovu Sports playing as the away team in the National Soccer League this season. Kiyovu Sports has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Musanze in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Sunrise.
Kiyovu Sports find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kiyovu Sports - Gicumbi 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Gicumbi, one draw and six wins for Kiyovu Sports. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Gicumbi missing players
Kiyovu Sports missing players
| Gicumbi | Kiyovu Sports | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 84% |
| 68% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 47% |
| 58% | 60% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 32% |
| 21% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 53% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 42% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 42% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 32% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 75 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 83 | 187 |
| 43 | 27 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 29 | 63 |
| 37% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 35% |
- Gicumbi has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Gicumbi has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Gicumbi has the fewest points (5) at home
- Gicumbi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Gicumbi have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Gicumbi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gicumbi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Mukura | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Bugesera | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 24 |
| 7 | Marines | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 24 |
| 8 | Sunrise | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | AS Kigali | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Muhanga | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Gasogi United | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | Musanze | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Heroes | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 15 |
| 15 | Espoir | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Gicumbi | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -16 | 12 |