With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Marines fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Gicumbi.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Gicumbi have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 4-3-17 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.
Marines form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Marines are 5-4-2 (wins-draw-losses).Marines drew their last game, 0-0 away at Kirehe. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Musanze.
Marines are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 11 goals in 11 matches. Marines are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Umuganda, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
Gicumbi form and stats
Gicumbi have only collected 4 points from their away games after 1-1-10 (12 played).The supporters enjoyed Gicumbi's previous game versus AS Kigali, a National Soccer League 1-0 win played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Kirehe before that.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Gicumbi's away games this season with only 4 goals from 12 matches. Gicumbi have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Marines and Gicumbi have met before this season: Gicumbi - Marines 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Marines won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Gicumbi has 4 wins.Marines missing players
Gicumbi missing players
| Marines | Gicumbi | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Scored | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | 15 | 28 | 36 |
| 76% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 52% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 44% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 32% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 12% |
| 28% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| 52% | 58% | 75% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 8% | 32% |
| 44% | 33% | 25% | Failed To Score | 75% | 75% | 48% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | 2 | 1.6 | 3 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5.4 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 3 |
- Gicumbi is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 16-03-19 | | Espoir | 0 - 2 | Marines |
| 22-03-19 | | Marines | 1 - 0 | Police Rwanda |
| 22-04-19 | | Amagaju | 0 - 1 | Marines |
| 27-04-19 | | Marines | 13:30 | Musanze |
| 01-05-19 | | Kirehe | 0 - 0 | Marines |
| 04-05-19 | | Marines | 12:30 | Gicumbi |
| 10-05-19 | | Marines | 12:30 | Etincelles |
| 18-05-19 | | Mukura | 12:30 | Marines |
| 05-06-19 | | Marines | 12:30 | Sunrise |
| 08-06-19 | | Rayon Sports | 12:30 | Marines |
| 16-03-19 | | Gicumbi | 1 - 1 | Bugesera |
| 23-03-19 | | Musanze | 1 - 2 | Gicumbi |
| 21-04-19 | | Gicumbi | 1 - 0 | Kiyovu Sports |
| 26-04-19 | | Kirehe | 1 - 0 | Gicumbi |
| 30-04-19 | | Gicumbi | 1 - 0 | AS Kigali |
| 04-05-19 | | Marines | 12:30 | Gicumbi |
| 09-05-19 | | Gicumbi | 12:30 | APR |
| 19-05-19 | | Etincelles | 12:30 | Gicumbi |
| 04-06-19 | | Gicumbi | 12:30 | Muhanga |
| 07-06-19 | | Mukura | 12:30 | Gicumbi |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | APR | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 28 | 58 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 24 | 54 |
| 3 | Mukura | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Police Rwanda | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 43 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Espoir | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 32 |
| 8 | Sunrise | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Marines | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Muhanga | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Bugesera | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 27 |
| 13 | Musanze | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 14 | Gicumbi | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 28 | -21 | 26 |
| 15 | Kirehe | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Amagaju | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -23 | 16 |
