An important duel in the bottom section of the National Soccer League, with both Musanze and Gicumbi experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 15th place.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Musanze and Gicumbi.
Musanze form and stats
Musanze have collected 13 points from their National Soccer League home games so far after 2-7-0.
In their previous game, led his Musanze to a defeat in the National Soccer League match away at Rayon Sports. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sunrise and winning 2-1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Musanze, as the National Soccer League home game vs Gasogi United is only four days away.
Musanze aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. From these home matches, Musanze have conceded only 6 goals.
Gicumbi form and stats
Gicumbi have only collected 10 points from their away games in the National Soccer League, after 3-1-6 (10 played).
Home advantage was not enough for Gicumbi in their previous game, as they lost their National Soccer League-match, hosting Sunrise, 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Espoir at their stadium, the result 1-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gicumbi manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Rayon Sports.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Gicumbi rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Gicumbi - Musanze 0-3 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Musanze wins - draws - Gicumbi wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Musanze missing players
Gicumbi missing players
| Musanze | Gicumbi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 28 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 36 |
| 86% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 11% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 23% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 59% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 50% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 9% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 41% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.2 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 205 | 88 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 66 | 165 |
| 86 | 39 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 19 | 48 |
| 23% | 21% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 47% | 38% |
- Gicumbi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Musanze has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Musanze have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Rayon Sports | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Police Rwanda | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Mukura | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Kiyovu Sports | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | AS Kigali | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Sunrise | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | Gasogi United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Marines | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Bugesera | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Muhanga | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Etincelles | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Musanze | 22 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Espoir | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Gicumbi | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Heroes | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -24 | 15 |