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Royal Leopards vs Cotonsport: result 1-1 and analysis

CAF Champions League2nd Preliminary RoundKick-off on October 9, 2022 at 01:00 PM (UTC)Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini

Royal Leopards
1-1
Cotonsport

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What was the result of Royal Leopards vs Cotonsport?

Royal Leopards and Cotonsport drew 1-1 on October 9, 2022.

Goalscorers

  • 3′S. MarouCotonsport
  • 30′Sifiso Samu MatseRoyal Leopards

Official lineup for Royal Leopards vs Cotonsport

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Royal Leopards

  1. 8Richard Arthur
  2. 17Muzi Mzoro Dlamini
  1. 2Menzi Alfred Sithole
  2. 3Mzwandile Mabelesa
  3. 10Andy Junior Magagula
  4. 19Sifiso Samu Matse
  1. 4Mlamuli Msibi
  2. 24Mancoba Moses Maseko
  3. 25Thami Zulu
  4. 28Simanga Masangane
  1. 27Mlamuli Lenny Makhanya

Cotonsport

  1. 11J. Nguéwawe
  2. 26S. Marou
  1. 10B. Eno
  2. 21P. Banen
  3. 33D. Kaïba
  4. 38F. Oukiné
  1. 4F. Henock
  2. 6C. Malone
  3. 12I. Abba
  4. 25B. Dairou
  1. 22G. Allambatnan
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Royal Leopards have 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat; Cotonsport have 10, 4 and 1.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Royal Leopards
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Oct 2, 2022Manzini Sea Birds(home)1-1Premier League
Sep 17, 2022CFFA(home)2-1CAF Champions League
Sep 11, 2022CFFA(away)3-2CAF Champions League
Jun 12, 2022Young Buffaloes(away)0-0Premier League
May 29, 2022Manzini Wanderers(home)2-0Premier League
Cotonsport
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Sep 18, 2022Matlama(home)1-0CAF Champions League
Sep 10, 2022Matlama(away)3-0CAF Champions League
Jul 3, 2022Eding Sport(away)1-1Elite One
Jun 30, 2022Les Astres(away)2-0Elite One
Jun 14, 2022OFTA(away)9-1Elite One

How many goals should we expect?

Royal Leopards score 1.9 and concede 0.5 goals per match over their last 15; Cotonsport score 1.8 and concede 0.3.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Royal Leopards1.90.5105/158/15
Cotonsport1.80.3104/155/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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