{"id":30792,"date":"2022-12-03T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/as-kigali-faces-sc-kiyovu-in-kigali-derby"},"modified":"2022-12-03T07:48:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:48:36","slug":"as-kigali-faces-sc-kiyovu-in-kigali-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/as-kigali-faces-sc-kiyovu-in-kigali-derby","title":{"rendered":"AS Kigali faces SC Kiyovu in Kigali derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Saturday, December 3<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali vs SC Kiyovu<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise vs Espoir<\/p>\n<p>Rutsiro vs Police<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday, December 4<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Musanze vs Rwamagana<\/p>\n<p>Rayon Sports vs Bugesera<\/p>\n<p>Etincelles vs Gorilla<\/p>\n<p>Two teams in the race for the 2022\/23 Rwanda Premier League title, AS Kigali and SC Kiyovu, face off on Saturday, December 2, at Kigali Stadium, in Nyamirambo.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts AS Kigali are in third position with 20 points, one behind second placed SC Kiyovu, while Rayon Sports are leading the table with 22 points. Defending champions APR, Gasogi United and, Gorilla, Musanze and Police are other teams near the top.<\/p>\n<p>Having been beaten to last year\u2019s title by APR, AS Kigali and SC Kiyovu came into this season as the teams likely to gate crash APR\u2019s dominance. However, teams like Rayon Sports and Police have shown potential to win the league too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can say we are one of the many teams in contention for the league title because we have a good team which can compete with any one. We are making good progress in each game and this gives me hope for a bright future,\u201d said AS Kigali\u2019s head coach Andre Casa Mbungo.<\/p>\n<p>Casa Mbungo admits his team may be the surprise package among the leading pack but they will not take the foot off the pedal.<\/p>\n<p>Asked how he feels about his team being written off by critics in the race for the title, the former SEC Academy, Police and Kiyovu coach said: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t bother me at all, all we\u2019re focused on is to finish as high as possible in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City of Kigali-sponsored outfit are in the hunt for their first league title since the club was created in 2001 \u2013 initially under the name \u2018Les Citadins\u2019 before changing to AS Kigali five years later.<\/p>\n<p>AS Kigali are looking to close the gap on the table toppers with a win on Saturday, which would see them move to the top of the table with 23 points, one ahead of Rayon Sports.<\/p>\n<p>However, SC Kiyovu will be hoping to collect all points when they face third-placed AS Kigali which will move them to the top of the table with 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting three points on Saturday is crucial in our bid to stay in the race. It\u2019s very important that we don\u2019t lose focus because we\u2019re facing one of our closest rivals,\u201d Kiyovu head coach Alain Andre Landeut, said.<\/p>\n<p>Kiyovu have not won the league title since 1993 and the head coach insists that his side are still in contention for the league title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad that the players understand my philosophy and the style in which I want them to play. It\u2019s not going to be easy against AS Kigali, who are riding high this season and are one of the teams in the race for the title,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kiyovu remains the only Rwandan football club to have won the league unbeaten for a whole season \u2013 in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 12 meetings, AS Kigali won seven matches, Kiyovu emerging winners on five occasions with two ties ending in draws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Saturday, December 3 AS Kigali vs SC Kiyovu Sunrise vs Espoir Rutsiro vs Police Sunday, December 4 Musanze vs Rwamagana Rayon Sports vs Bugesera Etincelles vs Gorilla Two teams in the race for the 2022\/23 Rwanda Premier League title, AS Kigali and SC Kiyovu, face off on Saturday, December 2, at Kigali [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-30792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AS Kigali faces SC Kiyovu in Kigali derby - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/as-kigali-faces-sc-kiyovu-in-kigali-derby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AS Kigali faces SC Kiyovu in Kigali derby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. 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