Ghanaian striker Michael Sarpong scored his fourth league goal of the season in the 2019-20 Rwanda Premier League on Sunday when Rayon Sports crushed Heroes FC 4-1 at Bugesera Stadium.
The 23-year-old gave the visitors the lead in the 43rd minute after a miscommunication between Heroes defenders.
But he also missed a hatful of clear chances that could make him just the second hat-trick scorer in the 2019-20 Rwanda Premier League.
Yannick Bizimana doubled the lead in the 76th minute before two goals from Oumar Sidibe and Jean Claude Iranzi in the 79th and 80th minute.
After 13 rounds of matches, APR lead the table with 31 points, followed by Rayon with 28, while Police (third) and Mukura (fourth) have 26 and 22 points respectively.