Premier League: Mathare United - Ulinzi Stars pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Wed 18.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ruaraka Stadium (15000 seats)

15th- against 10th place might not seem all that hot. Fear not: Tipsway has the facts and figures that makes Mathare United - Ulinzi Stars (even) more appealing!

Insights:
  • Mathare United have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
  • Ulinzi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Mathare have less rest than Ulinzi Stars in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Bandari, so at least Mathare United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Mathare United are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Ulinzi are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Mathare United form and stats

Mathare United have collected 17 points from their Premier League home games so far after 4-5-6. Two home wins in a row for Mathare bring valid hopes of a third.

In their previous game, led his Mathare to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Bandari. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ruaraka Stadium.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Nairobi City Stars.

Mathare United have scored 12 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Mathare have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Ulinzi Stars form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Ulinzi failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Leopards (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Before that, Ulinzi travelled to Bidco United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ulinzi as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Ulinzi as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head game ended Ulinzi Stars - Mathare 2-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mathare three wins, three draws and Ulinzi Stars four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Mathare United missing players

Ulinzi Stars missing players

Mathare United Ulinzi Stars
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 10
6 5 1 Drew D 2 7 11
18 6 3 Lost L 0 5 9
27 12 4 Scored S 5 12 27
45 13 6 Conceded C 3 14 27
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 73% 77%
67% 53% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 53% 57%
50% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 30%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 13%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 40%
20% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 40%
37% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 47% 43%
 
4.8 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.4 4.2
5.5 6.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.6 4
1.5 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.3 6.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 4.8 7
3.5 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 1.7 2.7
23% 20% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 45% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Mathare United have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
  • Ulinzi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Tusker 30 18 7 5 50 25 15 10 3 2 19 8 15 8 4 3 31 17 25 61
2 KCB 30 17 7 6 40 22 15 10 2 3 19 11 15 7 5 3 21 11 18 58
3 Bandari 30 13 10 7 43 35 15 9 3 3 30 17 15 4 7 4 13 18 8 49
4 Leopards 30 15 6 9 36 27 15 10 1 4 19 11 15 5 5 5 17 16 9 47
5 Kariobangi Sharks 30 14 5 11 45 41 15 5 4 6 23 20 15 9 1 5 22 21 4 47
6 Nairobi City Stars 31 12 9 10 34 27 15 7 5 3 23 14 16 5 4 7 11 13 7 45
7 Homeboyz 30 13 4 13 41 34 15 7 3 5 24 13 15 6 1 8 17 21 7 43
8 Gor Mahia 30 13 7 10 33 27 15 5 4 6 11 12 15 8 3 4 22 15 6 42
9 Wazito 30 11 9 10 29 31 15 6 6 3 19 16 15 5 3 7 10 15 -2 42
10 Ulinzi Stars 30 10 11 9 27 27 15 7 4 4 15 13 15 3 7 5 12 14 0 41
11 Bidco United 30 9 14 7 26 26 15 5 6 4 14 15 15 4 8 3 12 11 0 41
12 Sofapaka 30 9 9 12 32 35 15 5 6 4 21 17 15 4 3 8 11 18 -3 36
13 Posta Rangers 30 7 15 8 24 30 15 2 8 5 9 18 15 5 7 3 15 12 -6 36
14 Nzoia United 30 6 11 13 31 38 15 6 6 3 22 17 15 0 5 10 9 21 -7 29
15 Mathare United 30 6 6 18 27 45 15 4 5 6 12 13 15 2 1 12 15 32 -18 24
16 Vihiga United 31 5 8 18 17 42 16 2 4 10 7 19 15 3 4 8 10 23 -25 23
17 Western Stima 30 4 10 16 29 52 15 2 4 9 15 28 15 2 6 7 14 24 -23 22
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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