Premier League match preview: Posta Rangers versus Vihiga United

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Fri 06.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nairobi City Stadium (15000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Posta Rangers are in the 12th position while the guesting Vihiga United worry at 16th.

Insights:
  • Posta Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Vihiga United have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

Posta Rangers's struggle is real here at Nairobi City Stadium with only 10 points collected from 13 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-7-5.

A good away victory last time out for Posta, who won 2-0 against KCB (placed 2nd).

Prior to that, an away loss at Bandari.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Posta here at Nairobi City Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Posta have conceded 17 goals.

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Vihiga United form and stats

Vihiga United have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-4-6 (13 played).

Vihiga failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Ulinzi Stars (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Western Stima at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vihiga as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Vihiga in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vihiga United - Posta 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Posta victories, two draws and one Vihiga United win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Posta Rangers missing players

Vihiga United missing players

Posta Rangers Vihiga United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 28
6 1 1 Won W 1 3 4
13 7 1 Drew D 1 4 8
8 5 1 Lost L 2 6 16
20 7 3 Scored S 1 8 13
27 17 2 Conceded C 6 18 36
78% 62% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 82%
59% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 54% 46%
26% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 31% 29%
7% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 14%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
44% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 29%
41% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 25%
37% 54% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 54% 64%
 
4.4 4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 3.7
4.6 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.9 4.8
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.5 6.6 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.2 6.7
3.1 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3
25% 21% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 18% 12%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Posta Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Posta Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vihiga United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vihiga United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vihiga United have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Premier League

  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 27 16 7 4 45 22 14 9 3 2 17 8 13 7 4 2 28 14 23 55
2 KCB 27 16 6 5 37 20 14 10 1 3 19 11 13 6 5 2 18 9 17 54
3 Leopards 26 13 5 8 31 24 13 9 0 4 16 10 13 4 5 4 15 14 7 44
4 Kariobangi Sharks 27 13 5 9 39 33 13 4 4 5 18 16 14 9 1 4 21 17 6 44
5 Nairobi City Stars 28 11 8 9 30 22 13 6 4 3 19 11 15 5 4 6 11 11 8 41
6 Wazito 27 11 8 8 27 25 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 5 3 6 9 13 2 41
7 Homeboyz 26 12 4 10 36 28 13 6 3 4 19 10 13 6 1 6 17 18 8 40
8 Gor Mahia 26 12 4 10 31 26 13 4 3 6 9 11 13 8 1 4 22 15 5 40
9 Bandari 27 10 10 7 36 33 13 7 3 3 25 16 14 3 7 4 11 17 3 40
10 Ulinzi Stars 28 10 10 8 26 25 14 7 4 3 15 12 14 3 6 5 11 13 1 40
11 Bidco United 27 9 11 7 23 23 14 5 5 4 13 14 13 4 6 3 10 9 0 38
12 Posta Rangers 27 6 13 8 20 27 13 1 7 5 7 17 14 5 6 3 13 10 -7 31
13 Sofapaka 26 7 9 10 26 31 13 4 6 3 19 15 13 3 3 7 7 16 -5 30
14 Nzoia United 27 5 11 11 28 33 14 5 6 3 20 16 13 0 5 8 8 17 -5 26
15 Western Stima 28 4 9 15 29 50 14 2 4 8 15 26 14 2 5 7 14 24 -21 21
16 Vihiga United 28 4 8 16 13 36 15 1 4 10 5 18 13 3 4 6 8 18 -23 20
17 Mathare United 26 3 6 17 20 39 13 2 5 6 8 12 13 1 1 11 12 27 -19 15
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0