Primus League Matchday 5 – Inter Star host Aigle Noir.

Primus League Matchday 5
Inter Star FC | Courtesy Photo

Burundi football continues with matchday 5 Primus League on Friday 2nd October 2020 before the international break next week. Since Monday last week, players called for national duty had been training but returned to play for their respective clubs in matchday 5 Primus League. They will return to camp for a friendly with Tanzania on Sunday, 11th October 2020 as they prepare intensively for their AFCON Qualifier encounter with Mauritania on Monday, 9th November 2020.

The first game beginning matchday 5, will be between Inter star of Bujumbura and Aigle noir from Makamba, starting at 3pm local time at the Intwari Stadium. Inter star are in 9th place with 4 points while Aigle Noir are in 7th place with 7 points. Despite being lower in the table, Aigle Noir will move to first place if they win this match.

Statistics show that since 2015, the two teams have met 8 times. Aigle noir won 5 games, they drew 2games and inter star won 1 game. In the 4 games that brought them together at Intwari Stadium, Inter Star won only one game, 1draw and lost 2 games. The last match between them at this stadium was 1-1. Inter Star’s last win against Aigle Noir was in September 2019 while Aigle Noir last beat Inter Star at Stade Intwari was in 2016.

The Fighters ( Aigle Noir) will rely on the on-form striker, Nzojibwami John Frank who has scored 3 out of 5 goals the team scored this season. Inter Star are not in good shape. In the 4 games, they conceded 6 goals with no clean sheet in this season even if they have not yet lost at home while Aigle noir has no away win from the start of this season.

The other round 5 matches continue this weekend as follows