National Soccer League preview with statistics: Rutsiro welcomes APR to Stade Umuganda

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Competition: Rwanda National Soccer League
Competition: Mon 12.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Umuganda (5000 seats)

The guesting APR team are probably odds-on favourites at Rutsiro, as the away team enjoy a 10 point supremacy from their twelve league games this season.

Insights:
  • Rutsiro have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in National Soccer League
  • APR have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in National Soccer League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a National Soccer League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at AS Kigali. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Rutsiro form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the National Soccer League this season. Rutsiro have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Stade Umuganda.

The Rutsiro club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stade Umuganda: A 0-2 defeat against Police Rwanda (placed 6th).

Before that, Rutsiro played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Etincelles.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rutsiro here at Stade Umuganda in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). 8 goals have been conceded. When Rutsiro hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Mukura, Bugesera, Marines, Espoir and Rwamagana City), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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APR form and stats

1 win, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of APR playing as the away team in the National Soccer League this season. The APR manager Erradi is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 29 days.

The attacking players of APR have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 338 minutes. APR have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 274 minutes since they last conceded in National Soccer League.

APR has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to AS Kigali for a 0-0 draw. Strange, but true: this side has played three consecutive league matches with the result 0-0!

Before that, APR travelled to Gasogi United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - zero - three (Rutsiro wins - draws - APR wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. One of the stars has been Bizimana with 3 goals scored against Rutsiro in these 3 matches.

Rutsiro missing players

APR missing players

Rutsiro APR
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 4 6 12
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 5
7 4 1 Drew D 2 4 6
4 2 1 Lost L 1 1 1
7 5 3 Scored S 4 4 15
13 8 4 Conceded C 4 4 10
67% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 33% 67%
58% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 58%
33% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 42%
8% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 17%
42% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 50%
42% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 50%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 33%
 
3.6 4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.3 6 5.4
3.6 3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3 3.4
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.9 3.8 3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 6.2 6.6
1.3 1 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.7
43% 80% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 48%
 
7.5 6.4 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3.7 3.6 3.8
2.1 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.6 1.5
Key stats in National Soccer League this season:
  • APR have scored more than double the goals of Rutsiro.
  • APR have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in National Soccer League
  • Rutsiro have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in National Soccer League
  • Rutsiro have yet to win 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 Rayon Sports 13 9 1 3 20 12 7 6 1 0 12 3 6 3 0 3 8 9 8 28
2 AS Kigali 13 8 3 2 19 5 7 4 3 0 14 2 6 4 0 2 5 3 14 23
3 Kiyovu Sports 13 7 3 3 22 17 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 3 2 1 12 10 5 21
4 Gasogi United 13 6 4 3 15 10 7 2 3 2 6 6 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 19
5 APR 12 5 6 1 15 10 6 4 2 0 11 6 6 1 4 1 4 4 5 20
6 Police Rwanda 13 6 2 5 12 11 7 4 0 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 1 20
7 Musanze 13 6 2 5 19 16 7 5 0 2 13 7 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 20
8 Etincelles 13 5 4 4 16 19 6 5 1 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 5 13 -3 16
9 Gorilla 13 5 3 5 12 12 4 1 0 3 3 5 9 4 3 2 9 7 0 17
10 Sunrise 13 5 3 5 17 14 7 4 2 1 11 5 6 1 1 4 6 9 3 15
11 Bugesera 13 5 2 6 13 14 6 4 1 1 11 7 7 1 1 5 2 7 -1 14
12 Mukura 13 5 2 6 21 14 6 1 1 4 5 6 7 4 1 2 16 8 7 17
13 Rwamagana City 13 3 1 9 9 23 7 3 1 3 6 6 6 0 0 6 3 17 -14 10
14 Rutsiro 12 1 7 4 7 13 6 0 4 2 5 8 6 1 3 2 2 5 -6 10
15 Espoir 13 1 4 8 4 18 6 1 3 2 2 4 7 0 1 6 2 14 -14 7
16 Marines 13 1 3 9 11 24 7 1 2 4 8 14 6 0 1 5 3 10 -13 5