Football betting preview: Gor Mahia favourites when Wazito visits

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Wed 23.June
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Thika Municipal Stadium (1200 seats)

Gor Mahia prepare for this after their 1-0 result against Sofapaka, a game they learned a lot from. How will they do against Wazito?

Insights:
  • Gor Mahia is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Wazito have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sofapaka, was also a home game here at Thika Municipal Stadium. The away team is better rested.

Wazito play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Wazito when playing on grass are 8 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 29 goals and conceded 36 times in these games.

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

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Gor Mahia form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Gor Mahia are 5-1-4 (wins-draw-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena.

The Gor Mahia goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 397 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

A nice win for Mahia last time playing, versus Sofapaka. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mathare United.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Western Stima are coming to town in three days.

Mahia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Mahia have conceded only 7 goals.

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Wazito form and stats

Wazito have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-5 (9 played). Wazito seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Kariobangi Sharks in their previous game.

A 0-1 loss hosting Gor Mahia before that.

A new game in only three days for Wazito, the Premier League home match versus Leopards. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wazito's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Wazito in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Wazito - Mahia 0-1 entered in the official records. Mahia-Wazito H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Gor Mahia four wins, Wazito zero wins, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Gor Mahia missing players

Wazito missing players

Gor Mahia Wazito
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 9 19
13 5 2 Won W 1 2 8
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
6 4 0 Lost L 3 5 6
30 10 2 Scored S 1 4 18
18 7 0 Conceded C 6 11 18
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
55% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 44% 53%
50% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 22% 32%
25% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 37%
40% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 32%
20% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 67% 42%
 
4.2 4.7 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.3 4.9
3.4 2.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 3.8
1.7 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.5 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.8 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.5 6.5
3.3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3
46% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Gor Mahia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wazito have scored away.
  • Gor Mahia is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Wazito have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 21 13 5 3 35 17 10 6 3 1 11 5 11 7 2 2 24 12 18 44
2 KCB 21 13 4 4 28 14 11 8 1 2 14 6 10 5 3 2 14 8 14 43
3 Gor Mahia 20 13 1 6 30 18 10 5 1 4 10 7 10 8 0 2 20 11 12 40
4 Leopards 19 11 4 4 23 14 11 8 0 3 14 9 8 3 4 1 9 5 9 37
5 Nairobi City Stars 21 9 5 7 25 18 11 7 3 1 19 8 10 2 2 6 6 10 7 32
6 Kariobangi Sharks 20 9 4 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 12 11 10 6 1 3 14 12 3 31
7 Bandari 20 7 8 5 27 24 10 5 2 3 19 14 10 2 6 2 8 10 3 29
8 Wazito 19 8 5 6 18 18 10 6 3 1 14 7 9 2 2 5 4 11 0 29
9 Ulinzi Stars 19 6 9 4 16 11 10 5 4 1 11 5 9 1 5 3 5 6 5 27
10 Homeboyz 20 8 3 9 25 22 9 4 2 3 12 6 11 4 1 6 13 16 3 27
11 Bidco United 20 6 8 6 17 18 9 3 2 4 8 11 11 3 6 2 9 7 -1 26
12 Sofapaka 21 7 5 9 24 27 10 5 3 2 18 11 11 2 2 7 6 16 -3 26
13 Posta Rangers 21 4 11 6 15 21 11 1 6 4 7 14 10 3 5 2 8 7 -6 23
14 Nzoia United 20 4 8 8 19 24 10 4 5 1 14 11 10 0 3 7 5 13 -5 20
15 Vihiga United 20 3 6 11 8 24 10 1 3 6 3 11 10 2 3 5 5 13 -16 15
16 Western Stima 20 2 8 10 18 35 9 1 3 5 9 17 11 1 5 5 9 18 -17 14
17 Mathare United 20 2 5 13 15 29 10 2 4 4 8 9 10 0 1 9 7 20 -14 11
18 Zoo Kericho 14 1 5 8 8 20 7 1 4 2 5 7 7 0 1 6 3 13 -12 8

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