Posta Rangers fights Kariobangi Sharks in Premier League battle

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Fri 09.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nairobi City Stadium (15000 seats)

Playing at their own ground is safe and nice for Posta Rangers, but Kariobangi Sharks are fully intent and able to win. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Posta Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kariobangi Sharks have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League

Kariobangi Sharks could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

Posta Rangers's struggle is real here at Nairobi City Stadium with only 9 points collected from 11 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-6-4.

Posta drew their last game, 1-1 away at Wazito (placed 9th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Mathare United and winning 2-1.

Posta aren't scoring a lot here at Nairobi City Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Kariobangi Sharks form and stats

Playing away, Kariobangi Sharks have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League this season.

Kariobangi Sharks delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Western Stima (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Premier League game.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Leopards.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kariobangi have scored 16 goals in 12 league games away. Kariobangi have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kariobangi Sharks - Posta 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Posta one win, six draws and Kariobangi Sharks one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Posta Rangers missing players

Kariobangi Sharks missing players

Posta Rangers Kariobangi Sharks
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 12 23
5 1 0 Won W 3 7 10
11 6 2 Drew D 1 1 5
6 4 2 Lost L 0 4 8
17 7 2 Scored S 5 16 30
22 14 8 Conceded C 2 16 29
77% 64% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 87%
59% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 65%
27% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 52%
9% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 26%
5% 9% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
50% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 43%
41% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 35%
32% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 35%
 
4.5 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.9 5.3
4.5 3.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.4 4.3
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.2 1.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.2 6.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9 8
3.1 2.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.6
25% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 36% 34%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kariobangi Sharks have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kariobangi Sharks have scored at least twice as many goals away as Posta Rangers have scored home.
  • Kariobangi Sharks have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Premier League
  • Posta Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tusker 22 14 5 3 39 18 11 7 3 1 13 6 11 7 2 2 26 12 21 47
2 KCB 22 14 4 4 29 14 11 9 0 2 15 6 11 5 4 2 14 8 15 46
3 Leopards 22 12 4 6 25 17 12 8 0 4 14 10 10 4 4 2 11 7 8 40
4 Gor Mahia 22 12 3 7 28 20 12 4 3 5 8 9 10 8 0 2 20 11 8 39
5 Kariobangi Sharks 23 10 5 8 30 29 11 3 4 4 14 13 12 7 1 4 16 16 1 35
6 Bandari 22 8 9 5 31 25 12 6 3 3 24 16 10 2 6 2 7 9 6 33
7 Nairobi City Stars 23 9 6 8 25 19 11 6 3 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 8 11 6 33
8 Homeboyz 22 9 4 9 28 23 11 5 3 3 15 7 11 4 1 6 13 16 5 31
9 Wazito 22 8 7 7 20 21 11 5 4 2 15 10 11 3 3 5 5 11 -1 31
10 Ulinzi Stars 22 6 10 6 18 18 11 5 4 2 12 9 11 1 6 4 6 9 0 28
11 Sofapaka 23 7 7 9 24 28 11 4 5 2 17 12 12 3 2 7 7 16 -4 28
12 Bidco United 21 6 9 6 17 19 11 4 3 4 10 12 10 2 6 2 7 7 -2 27
13 Posta Rangers 22 5 11 6 17 22 11 1 6 4 7 14 11 4 5 2 10 8 -5 26
14 Nzoia United 21 3 8 10 18 26 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 0 3 8 6 15 -8 17
15 Western Stima 23 3 8 12 23 41 10 1 3 6 9 18 13 2 5 6 14 23 -18 17
16 Vihiga United 22 3 7 12 10 27 11 1 3 7 4 13 11 2 4 5 6 14 -17 16
17 Mathare United 22 3 5 14 17 32 11 2 4 5 8 11 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 14
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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