Delightful dogfight as daring Bandari duel with determined Nairobi City Stars

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mbaraki Sports Club (10000 seats)

Very important face-off in the bottom part of the Premier League, with both Bandari and Nairobi City Stars enduring more concern than bliss. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the home team at 14th and the away side in 15th position.

Insights:
  • Bandari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Bandari nor Nairobi City Stars 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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Bandari form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bandari have to build on here at Mbaraki Sports Club in the Premier League. Bandari has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

Bandari haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 212 minutes ago. Abdallah scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Bandari will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Kariobangi Sharks (placed 10th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Leopards (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bandari have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.

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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Nairobi City Stars has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

258 minutes! That's how long the Nairobi City Stars goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Nairobi are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Wazito (placed 13th).

Prior to that result Nairobi City Stars won their away game at Mathare United. The scoreline was 1-0.

Nairobi City Stars are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nairobi have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Bandari wins - draws - Nairobi City Stars wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Bandari missing players

Nairobi City Stars missing players

Bandari Nairobi City Stars
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 2 6 12
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 0 Lost L 1 3 7
8 5 0 Scored S 3 6 9
12 8 0 Conceded C 4 10 17
82% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
55% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
36% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 33%
9% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 17%
36% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 42%
27% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 25%
55% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 42%
 
4.6 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0.3 2.6
4.2 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 7.1
1.6 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.1 9.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.7 6
2.7 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.7 1.2
29% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 45%
 
6.3 4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 1.7 8.8
2.7 1.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0.7 3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bandari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Bandari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bandari have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bandari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bandari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Nairobi City Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nairobi City Stars have won significantly less corners away then 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 Nzoia United 13 8 3 2 16 8 6 4 2 0 9 2 7 4 1 2 7 6 8 27
2 Tusker 13 8 3 2 18 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 7 5 0 2 9 7 7 27
3 KCB 14 8 3 3 16 11 6 1 2 3 5 7 8 7 1 0 11 4 5 27
4 Ulinzi Stars 15 6 6 3 17 12 9 5 2 2 11 8 6 1 4 1 6 4 5 24
5 Gor Mahia 11 7 2 2 14 5 5 3 1 1 5 1 6 4 1 1 9 4 9 23
6 Police 12 6 3 3 15 5 7 3 2 2 9 2 5 3 1 1 6 3 10 21
7 Homeboyz 13 5 6 2 18 11 6 1 3 2 8 8 7 4 3 0 10 3 7 21
8 Leopards 12 5 2 5 11 11 6 2 1 3 4 7 6 3 1 2 7 4 0 17
9 Bidco United 13 4 4 5 16 15 7 1 1 5 6 11 6 3 3 0 10 4 1 16
10 Kariobangi Sharks 11 3 6 2 20 16 6 2 3 1 10 9 5 1 3 1 10 7 4 15
11 Sofapaka 14 3 6 5 13 14 8 2 3 3 6 9 6 1 3 2 7 5 -1 15
12 Posta Rangers 15 3 5 7 12 21 9 1 3 5 6 16 6 2 2 2 6 5 -9 14
13 Wazito 10 3 2 5 10 14 4 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 0 4 7 11 -4 11
14 Bandari 11 3 2 6 8 12 5 2 0 3 5 8 6 1 2 3 3 4 -4 11
15 Nairobi City Stars 12 3 2 7 9 17 6 1 1 4 3 7 6 2 1 3 6 10 -8 11
16 Talanta 11 2 3 6 14 23 5 1 1 3 7 11 6 1 2 3 7 12 -9 9
17 Vihiga Bullets 9 1 1 7 12 21 4 1 0 3 6 10 5 0 1 4 6 11 -9 4
18 Mathare United 9 1 1 7 10 22 4 0 0 4 2 12 5 1 1 3 8 10 -12 4
19 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0