Muhanga will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Rayon Sports.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Rayon Sports have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-2-7 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
Muhanga form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Muhanga Regional Stadium as Muhanga have scored 21 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats are 7-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).The fans are hoping that Muhanga will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the National Soccer League game against Sunrise. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mukura that ended 0-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Muhanga as they are travelling to their away game against Bugesera in the National Soccer League. That match is three days after this one.
Muhanga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Muhanga Regional Stadium with 21 goals in 12 matches. Muhanga are not conceding a lot of goals here at Muhanga Regional Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Rayon Sports form and stats
Playing away, Rayon Sports have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season. Things are running smoothly for Rayon Sports who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Police Rwanda. Rayon Sports are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.The supporters enjoyed Rayon Sports's previous game versus APR, a National Soccer League 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AS Kigali that ended 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Espoir in just four days.
Rayon Sports have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 11 away games. It's not easy to score on Rayon Sports as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Muhanga and Rayon Sports have met before this season: Rayon Sports - Muhanga 1-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Muhanga, 1 draw and 1 win for Rayon Sports.Muhanga missing players
Rayon Sports missing players
| Muhanga | Rayon Sports | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 33 | 21 | Scored | 15 | 33 |
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| 87% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 96% |
| 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 57% |
| 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 45% | 39% |
| 26% | 17% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 13% | 17% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 61% | 50% | Both teams to score | 55% | 30% |
| 26% | 50% | Clean Sheet | 45% | 65% |
| 26% | 25% | Failed To Score | 9% | 9% |
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 4.6 | 6.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 2 | 2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Rayon Sports is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 54 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Mukura | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Kiyovu Sports | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Police Rwanda | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Espoir | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 31 |
| 7 | AS Kigali | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Sunrise | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Muhanga | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Marines | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Musanze | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Bugesera | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Etincelles | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Gicumbi | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 27 | -21 | 23 |
| 15 | Kirehe | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | Amagaju | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -21 | 15 |
