Elaga Top Junior hosts Kayanza United in Burundi Premier League fixture over the weekend in a match interim coach Luc Bamba must win for Elaga Top Junior to avoid a fifth consecutive defeat in Burundi Primus League. Kayanza United are heading into the match with morale after disappointing 2019 Burundi Premier League Champions Aigle Noir SC over the weekend with a one nil win .
Coach Gustave Niyonkuru spoke to Ow Sports on Friday morning ahead of the match day and had this to say on team news ," The team trained well on Thursday but Jules Misago never reported to training on Thursday after picking up a knock during Wednesday session. More tests on him will be done today but the team doctor Mr. Edmond Mbarushima assured us there was no need for an alarm. I'm also expecting first choice goalkeeper Papy Habuka to be back with the team this weekend after been out for three weeks ."
On team Morale ," we just want to win each match ,the finishing power must be high towards the end of first leg. My team has performed beyond our expectations and we want to continue winning matches ."
Luc Bamba spoke to Radio Magara times and had this to say " the team is back together after leaving of caoch Godefroid Okoko Lokondo , everyone seems prepared for the Weeknd match and we want to win a match for our fans ,it Has been long since we tasted a win."
A message to Lokondo ," Godefroid is a nice man ,very humble person , sometimes it doesn't go the way we would like.but we love him here and wish him all the best for the future."
Trends
Elaga Top Junior
Coming into this game, Top Junior has picked up 3 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 1.6 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in just 1 of those games. Top Junior has scored 2 times in the last 5 fixtures.
Top Junior has not enjoyed playing at home recently, with the side currently beaten in 2 games.
Top Junior has kept 0 clean sheets in the last 5 games, conceding more than 3 goals during this period. Overall this season, their defence has kept a clean sheet on 5 occasions.
Top Junior will be looking for momentum on SATURDAY against Kayanza United, having lost 4 games from the last 5.
Things have not been going that well in front of goal for Top Junior recently, with the side failing to score in 4 of the last 5 games. Will the manager change his tactics , or throw in another forward?
Top Junior has fired blanks in 8 games this season. That's 36% of games where they have not been able to find the back of the net. Do they need a new forward? In the last 5 games, they have scored just 2 goals.
Just 1 of the last 5 games for Top Junior has ended with both teams scoring. They have won 2 of those 5 games. Overall, BTTS has landed in 4/11 games for Top Junior this season in Burundi Premier League
Kayanza United
Coming into this game, Kayanza United has picked up 6 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 1.2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in an intriguing 3 of those games. Kayanza United has scored 5 times in the last 5 fixtures.
Kayanza United has enjoyed playing away from home recently, with the side currently unbeaten in 3 games.
Kayanza United has put together a good run of form and has now gone 2 games without defeat.
Kayanza United will be looking to keep up the momentum today against Top Junior, having lost just 1 game from the last 5. They have won 1 and drawn 3
In the last 5 matches for Kayanza United, 3 of those games has ended with both teams scoring. This season 6 matches (55% of all matches) involving Kayanza United has seen BTTS landing.

Fixture Analysis
Top Junior and Kayanza United go head to head in the Burundi Premier League. The last meeting ended with the following result : Top Junior 0 - 0 Kayanza United.
These 2 teams have met 2 times in the last several seasons based on the data that we have of them.
Out of 2 previous meetings, Top Junior have won 0 matches while Kayanza United won 0. 2 matches between them have ended in a draw.
Top Junior is in poor home form while Kayanza United are performing good at away.
Previous matches between Top Junior and Kayanza United have averaged 3 goals while BTTS has happened 50% of the time.
Possible Line Ups
Top Junior
IGOR ISHIMWE (gk)HASSAN ZIRHUMANA,SAIDI NDAYISHIMIYE ,Didier Labil HARERIMANA,ISAIE NIYUKURI ,FRANCK BARIRENGAKO,KASSIM ABDOUL WAHIDI,CHRISTIAN HAKIZIMANA ,YANNICK HATUNGIMANA,JEAN MARIE NGENDAKUMANA,YVAN GREED MUHIMPUNDU
Kayanza United
DANIEL HAKIZIMANA(gk),FRANK MUNEZERO,MECHACK NDAYISHIMIYE,LAZAR NDABITEZIMANA,PLACIDE HITIMANA,ABDI NDAYIKEZA,SAIDI IRAKOZE,ELIPHAZ NDAYISENGA,JOHN FRANCK NZOJIBWAMI ,Eric NDORIYOBIJA,CAREL IDRIS LITONGA
Prediction
Tip : Draw
Popular pick : More than 2.5 goals
Risky tip : Kayanza United to score first
Admin Pick : BTSS