Relegation-threatened Etincelles FC will be looking to start 2025 with a win over AS Kigali when the pair square off at Umuganda Stadium, Rubavu, on Tuesday, January 7. The Rubavu-based side sits bottom of the Rwanda Premier League table with 11 points, one poit shy of Kiyovu SC. They last won a league match on November 1, 2024 when they beat Gasogi United 1-0. AS Kigali, currently 4th on the table with 26 points, will be looking to register a win away from home to close the gap existing between them and leaders Rayon Sports. Of 14 games played so far, they have recorded eight wins, two draws and four defeats. ALSO READ: Onyeabor on target as AS Kigali pile misery on Police FC Ghanaian striker Moro Sumaila scored against AS Kigali when the two teams met in 2022 and he is optimistic that his side can get the needed victory on Tuesday to push themselves out of the relegation zone before the end of the first round of the league. We are well poised for the game. We must win this game in order to move up on the league table. It will be a tough game but we have good players with experience to win, Sumaila told Times Sport. Etincelles and AS Kigali have met 18 times since 2016 with the latter winning nine against Etincelles’ four.
