Home advantage could prove decisive in Bandari - Sofapaka battle

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sat 04.June
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mbaraki Sports Club (10000 seats)

The two participants are satisfied with a nice season so far and games like this could be decisive. Read more about Bandari - Sofapaka!

Insights:
  • Bandari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sofapaka is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League

The season is still full of potential for Bandari as they can still win the whole Premier League.

Bandari and Sofapaka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bandari form and stats

Bandari have played 16 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Mbaraki Sports Club.

The Bandari goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

The Bandari coach and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Ulinzi Stars (placed 13th).

Before that match, a win away at Kariobangi Sharks.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bandari handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Bandari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. Bandari have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sofapaka form and stats

The visitors are W5-D8-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Sofapaka are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Sofapaka are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Vihiga Bullets (placed 16th). Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Rossi and that is impressive stuff!

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Posta Rangers.

We have checked recent matches where Sofapaka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sofapaka are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past result between these participants is the Sofapaka - Bandari 0-1 played earlier this season. Bandari-Sofapaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bandari four wins, Sofapaka two wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Bandari missing players

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Bandari Sofapaka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 15 31
15 8 2 Won W 1 5 11
12 5 1 Drew D 2 8 13
5 3 1 Lost L 1 2 7
42 22 4 Scored S 3 14 31
24 13 4 Conceded C 2 9 25
84% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 73% 81%
69% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
34% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 13% 29%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 3%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 48%
44% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 53% 39%
28% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 32%
 
4.3 4.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.4 4.3
3.3 3.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.4 5
0.9 0.7 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 11.2 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 17.3 14.9 11.4
2.5 2.8 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4 3.2
46% 44% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 29%
 
6.7 7.5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 22 18.8 13
2.1 1.6 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 3.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bandari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sofapaka is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Homeboyz 32 16 12 4 50 33 16 8 6 2 26 16 16 8 6 2 24 17 17 60
2 Tusker 31 16 9 6 36 17 16 9 5 2 23 10 15 7 4 4 13 7 19 57
3 Bandari 32 15 12 5 42 24 16 8 5 3 22 13 16 7 7 2 20 11 18 57
4 Gor Mahia 31 13 12 6 33 27 16 7 5 4 15 14 15 6 7 2 18 13 6 51
5 Nairobi City Stars 32 14 8 10 42 31 16 5 5 6 19 14 16 9 3 4 23 17 11 50
6 Sofapaka 31 11 13 7 31 25 16 6 5 5 17 16 15 5 8 2 14 9 6 46
7 Kariobangi Sharks 31 12 9 10 44 34 16 5 4 7 23 23 15 7 5 3 21 11 10 45
8 Leopards 30 11 12 7 38 31 15 5 8 2 19 16 15 6 4 5 19 15 7 45
9 Posta Rangers 32 12 8 12 43 37 16 5 5 6 20 18 16 7 3 6 23 19 6 44
10 KCB 32 10 13 9 35 31 16 6 6 4 20 16 16 4 7 5 15 15 4 43
11 Talanta 31 11 10 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 14 15 16 7 4 5 22 22 -1 43
12 Police 31 8 14 9 37 34 15 4 5 6 20 20 16 4 9 3 17 14 3 38
13 Ulinzi Stars 30 8 13 9 19 22 15 5 7 3 12 8 15 3 6 6 7 14 -3 37
14 Bidco United 32 8 12 12 30 35 15 4 7 4 15 13 17 4 5 8 15 22 -5 36
15 Nzoia United 32 6 15 11 32 37 16 2 7 7 12 18 16 4 8 4 20 19 -5 33
16 Vihiga Bullets 32 6 9 17 24 52 16 3 6 7 13 20 16 3 3 10 11 32 -28 27
17 Wazito 31 6 7 18 28 49 16 3 3 10 15 27 15 3 4 8 13 22 -21 25
18 Mathare United 29 3 2 24 18 62 14 0 0 14 5 31 15 3 2 10 13 31 -44 11