Premier League: Leopards - Vihiga United preview and statistics

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Thika Municipal Stadium (1200 seats)

Leopards are chasing the top positions while Vihiga United are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Leopards haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vihiga United have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leopards and Vihiga United.

Vihiga United are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Leopards form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Premier League games here at Thika Municipal Stadium for Leopards. The data says 9 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

Leopards lost their last game at Nairobi City Stars (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Leopards played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Nzoia United.

Leopards has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Leopards have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vihiga United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vihiga United so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Vihiga, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Posta Rangers (placed 12th).

A 1-2 loss hosting Ulinzi Stars before that.

The attacking power of Vihiga United when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vihiga have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Leopards and Vihiga United have met before this season: Vihiga United - Leopards 0-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Leopards victory, four draws and zero Vihiga United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Leopards missing players

Vihiga United missing players

Leopards Vihiga United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 14 29
13 9 3 Won W 0 3 4
5 0 0 Drew D 1 4 8
9 4 1 Lost L 3 7 17
32 16 5 Scored S 1 9 14
26 10 2 Conceded C 7 20 38
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
63% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 48%
44% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 31%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 14%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
41% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 31%
41% 46% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 24%
30% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 62%
 
4.6 4.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.2 3.7
3.3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 4.8
1.5 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.4 1.4
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.2 10 9 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.2 6.7
3.6 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3
38% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 18% 12%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leopards have scored more than double the goals of Vihiga United.
  • Leopards haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Vihiga United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vihiga United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vihiga United have the the worst goal difference (-24) 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 KCB 28 17 6 5 39 20 14 10 1 3 19 11 14 7 5 2 20 9 19 57
2 Tusker 28 16 7 5 46 24 14 9 3 2 17 8 14 7 4 3 29 16 22 55
3 Nairobi City Stars 29 12 8 9 32 23 14 7 4 3 21 12 15 5 4 6 11 11 9 44
4 Leopards 27 13 5 9 32 26 13 9 0 4 16 10 14 4 5 5 16 16 6 44
5 Kariobangi Sharks 29 13 5 11 42 40 14 4 4 6 20 19 15 9 1 5 22 21 2 44
6 Homeboyz 28 13 4 11 40 30 14 7 3 4 23 11 14 6 1 7 17 19 10 43
7 Gor Mahia 27 13 4 10 32 26 14 5 3 6 10 11 13 8 1 4 22 15 6 43
8 Bandari 28 11 10 7 38 34 14 8 3 3 27 17 14 3 7 4 11 17 4 43
9 Wazito 28 11 9 8 28 26 14 6 6 2 19 13 14 5 3 6 9 13 2 42
10 Ulinzi Stars 28 10 10 8 26 25 14 7 4 3 15 12 14 3 6 5 11 13 1 40
11 Bidco United 28 9 12 7 24 24 14 5 5 4 13 14 14 4 7 3 11 10 0 39
12 Posta Rangers 28 7 13 8 22 28 14 2 7 5 9 18 14 5 6 3 13 10 -6 34
13 Sofapaka 28 8 9 11 28 33 14 5 6 3 20 15 14 3 3 8 8 18 -5 33
14 Nzoia United 28 5 11 12 28 34 14 5 6 3 20 16 14 0 5 9 8 18 -6 26
15 Mathare United 28 5 6 17 25 42 14 3 5 6 10 13 14 2 1 11 15 29 -17 21
16 Western Stima 29 4 9 16 29 52 15 2 4 9 15 28 14 2 5 7 14 24 -23 21
17 Vihiga United 29 4 8 17 14 38 15 1 4 10 5 18 14 3 4 7 9 20 -24 20
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0