Match preview Premier League: KCB - Posta Rangers at Nairobi City Stadium

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nairobi City Stadium (15000 seats)

KCB have performed better than Posta Rangers so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Posta Rangers's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Posta Rangers have performed like this: Played six matches resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats with the goal stats 6-13 (scored/conceded).

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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KCB form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Nairobi City Stadium as KCB have scored 8 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for KCB, who won 5-2 against Kariobangi Sharks (placed 16th). Heartbreak before that as KCB lost 0-1 at Western Stima's place.

A goal frenzy last time out for KCB, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Kariobangi Sharks. Fun stuff to watch!

KCB are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. KCB have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Posta Rangers have produced an overall stat of 2-3-0 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Tusker with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Posta Rangers won their away game at Nzoia United. The scoreline was 2-0.

Posta Rangers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Posta Rangers's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 4 - 4 - 0 (KCB wins - draws - Posta Rangers wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 0 5 11
6 4 1 Won W 0 2 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
17 8 2 Scored S 0 5 12
8 3 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
82% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 73%
64% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 55%
45% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 27%
45% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 55%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 45%
 
3.7 5 1 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.8 3.9
5.3 4 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 5 4.8
1.1 0.8 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 1.7
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
93 45 9 Total Shots T S 0 44 96
35 13 5 Shots on Target S O 0 21 40
43% 46% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 30%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • KCB have not yet lost a game at home.
  • KCB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • KCB have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Posta Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
  • Posta Rangers have not yet lost a game away.
  • Posta Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Posta Rangers have won significantly more corners away than 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 Gor Mahia 10 8 1 1 20 5 7 5 1 1 15 5 3 3 0 0 5 0 15 25
2 KCB 11 6 3 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 9 5 9 21
3 Ulinzi Stars 12 5 6 1 13 6 6 3 3 0 6 2 6 2 3 1 7 4 7 21
4 Tusker 11 6 3 2 20 15 5 3 2 0 11 6 6 3 1 2 9 9 5 21
5 Homeboyz 11 6 2 3 20 15 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 20
6 Leopards 12 5 5 2 16 11 5 2 3 0 6 1 7 3 2 2 10 10 5 20
7 Mathare United 12 5 5 2 16 12 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 4 2 0 11 5 4 20
8 Posta Rangers 11 4 5 2 12 5 6 2 2 2 7 3 5 2 3 0 5 2 7 17
9 Sofapaka 11 5 2 4 17 14 6 4 0 2 12 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 17
10 Western Stima 10 4 5 1 12 9 4 2 2 0 4 1 6 2 3 1 8 8 3 17
11 Wazito 12 3 5 4 18 15 6 2 2 2 13 9 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 14
12 Zoo Kericho 11 4 1 6 13 14 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 0 4 5 8 -1 13
13 Bandari 10 3 3 4 11 13 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -2 12
14 Nzoia United 12 2 4 6 13 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 1 2 3 7 8 -5 10
15 Kisumu All Stars 11 2 3 6 7 14 6 2 0 4 5 8 5 0 3 2 2 6 -7 9
16 Kariobangi Sharks 12 1 5 6 9 18 6 0 2 4 6 13 6 1 3 2 3 5 -9 8
17 SoNy Sugar 10 1 1 8 9 22 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 1 0 4 6 12 -13 4
18 Chemelil 11 0 1 10 4 33 4 0 1 3 3 9 7 0 0 7 1 24 -29 1