Gorilla are putting faith in their home fans to aid them to do well in this game versus Espoir. Who wins at Stade Régional de Nyamirambo?
- Gorilla have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National Soccer League
- Espoir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Relegation threatens Gorilla who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Espoir most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
This promises to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!
Gorilla form and stats
Gorilla's results here at Stade Régional de Nyamirambo in the National Soccer League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
The Gorilla supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Régional de Nyamirambo: A 1-2 defeat against APR (placed 1st).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Bugesera with a 4-1 scoreline.The Gorilla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Gorilla have conceded 20 goals.
Espoir form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Espoir so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Espoir are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Espoir delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Marines (placed 9th) in their previous fixture.
Prior to that match, the Espoir manager faced defeat when travelling to Etoile de l'Est and losing 1-3.The attacking power of Espoir when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Espoir have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent game: Espoir - Gorilla 0-2.Gorilla missing players
Espoir missing players
| Gorilla | Espoir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 30 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 27 |
| 33 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 32 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 64% |
| 39% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 36% | 32% |
| 18% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 25% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 57% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 39% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 41% | 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 51% |
| 8.1 | 8.6 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
- Espoir have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Espoir have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gorilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gorilla have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in National Soccer League
- Gorilla have the fewest clean sheets (4) in National Soccer League
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 63 |
| 2 | Kiyovu Sports | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Rayon Sports | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 47 |
| 4 | Mukura | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | AS Kigali | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Police Rwanda | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 7 | Musanze | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Espoir | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 34 |
| 9 | Marines | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 34 |
| 10 | Gasogi United | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 33 |
| 11 | Bugesera | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -9 | 31 |
| 13 | Gorilla | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Etoile de l'Est | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 28 | -17 | 27 |
| 15 | Rutsiro | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Gicumbi | 28 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -23 | 18 |
