Herentals vs Chicken Inn: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Sports Stadium (60000 seats)

Premier Soccer League: Two contenders in fairly good shape get together for this match. Chicken Inn with a slight advantage with their 6th spot in the standings?

Insights:
  • Herentals have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chicken Inn have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Herentals nor Chicken Inn as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Herentals form and stats

7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier Soccer League numbers at home for Herentals so far this season.

Herentals's last match was a Premier Soccer League fixture played at neutral ground. It ended neutral at full time as well, a draw 1-1 against Chicken Inn.

Prior to that, an away loss at Platinum.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Herentals have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 6 and lost 0.

Herentals has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Herentals have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chicken Inn form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier Soccer League matches, Chicken Inn have produced an overall stat of 4-7-2 so far. Chicken has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 31 days ago, in the Highlanders fixture.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Herentals (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. An interesting fact; the match score 1-1 has repeated itself four times in a row!

Prior to that, at full time.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Chicken Inn in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Chicken Inn, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Lacking goals? 12 of this side's most recent 14 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Chicken Inn have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Chicken Inn have won at least one point in the last 8 games (4-4-0) versus Herentals.

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams met previously this campaign; Herentals - Chicken Inn 1-1.

Herentals missing players

Chicken Inn missing players

Herentals Chicken Inn
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 4 13 25
9 7 2 Won W 1 4 9
9 4 2 Drew D 3 7 12
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 4
27 17 4 Scored S 5 15 25
25 12 3 Conceded C 4 11 18
88% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 80%
64% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 64%
40% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 23% 20%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 8%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
56% 69% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 40%
24% 23% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 44%
32% 15% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 36%
 
1.3 1.5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0.6 2.3
0.8 0.7 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0.7 1.9
0.3 0.3 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
1.8 1.3 2.2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.4 6
0.6 0.6 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.1
180% 212% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 115% 47%
 
2.2 2.5 4.4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 1.8 4.7
0.7 0.7 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0.4 1.1
Key stats in Premier Soccer League this season:
  • Chicken Inn have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chicken Inn have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Herentals have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Herentals have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ngezi Platinum 25 15 6 4 35 15 13 9 2 2 23 8 12 6 4 2 12 7 20 51
2 Highlanders 24 12 9 3 19 10 13 7 5 1 11 5 11 5 4 2 8 5 9 45
3 Manica 24 12 6 6 31 15 12 8 2 2 18 4 12 4 4 4 13 11 16 42
4 Platinum 24 11 7 6 26 19 12 7 2 3 17 10 12 4 5 3 9 9 7 40
5 Dynamos 23 10 9 4 27 10 11 4 6 1 15 4 12 6 3 3 12 6 17 39
6 Chicken Inn 25 9 12 4 25 18 12 5 5 2 10 7 13 4 7 2 15 11 7 39
7 Herentals 25 9 9 7 27 25 13 7 4 2 17 12 12 2 5 5 10 13 2 36
8 Bulawayo Chiefs 24 8 8 8 29 27 12 4 6 2 14 12 12 4 2 6 15 15 2 32
9 Hwange 24 8 7 9 19 20 12 5 4 3 11 8 12 3 3 6 8 12 -1 31
10 Simba Bhora 25 6 11 8 19 18 12 2 5 5 8 10 13 4 6 3 11 8 1 29
11 Green Fuel 24 8 5 11 18 26 12 5 3 4 11 11 12 3 2 7 7 15 -8 29
12 CAPS United 25 6 9 10 21 22 13 3 6 4 11 11 12 3 3 6 10 11 -1 27
13 Sheasham 25 5 12 8 12 23 12 2 8 2 5 8 13 3 4 6 7 15 -11 27
14 Yadah 25 8 3 14 20 34 12 4 0 8 8 14 13 4 3 6 12 20 -14 27
15 Kariba 24 7 6 11 14 29 12 6 3 3 9 11 12 1 3 8 5 18 -15 27
16 Triangle United 24 4 13 7 16 25 12 4 4 4 9 13 12 0 9 3 7 12 -9 25
17 Cranborne Bullets 25 5 6 14 12 22 13 3 3 7 7 12 12 2 3 7 5 10 -10 21
18 Black Rhinos 25 4 8 13 15 27 12 2 5 5 9 12 13 2 3 8 6 15 -12 20