Can Nairobi City Stars beat Homeboyz in Ruaraka Stadium clash?

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Wed 26.April
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ruaraka Stadium (15000 seats)

Nairobi City Stars - Homeboyz in Premier League: Stats, teams, matches, tendencies and reports. Read our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Nairobi City Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Homeboyz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Nairobi City Stars have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Ruaraka Stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Nairobi, who played 0-0 against Homeboyz. That match was also played at this venue (Ruaraka Stadium).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Kariobangi Sharks with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Nairobi City Stars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Homeboyz form and stats

7-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Homeboyz in their Premier League matches away.

The Homeboyz goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 261 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Homeboyz are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Nairobi City Stars (placed 15th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Vihiga Bullets.

A tale of few goals? 19 of this club's most recent 22 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Homeboyz have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Nairobi City Stars have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when playing Homeboyz.

It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Homeboyz - Nairobi City Stars 0-0.

Nairobi City Stars missing players

Homeboyz missing players

Nairobi City Stars Homeboyz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 14 27
7 3 0 Won W 3 7 10
6 3 2 Drew D 1 4 9
14 7 3 Lost L 0 3 8
28 15 4 Scored S 9 18 29
37 17 8 Conceded C 2 9 20
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
59% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 48%
44% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 21% 19%
19% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 15%
19% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
48% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 37%
26% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 41%
41% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 37%
 
2.3 2.9 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.3 4.5
5.1 5.5 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.4
1.3 1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.3
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.3 6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 6.4 6.2
1.9 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3 2.4
56% 56% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 47% 39%
 
7.6 8 6.4 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 7.4 5.9
3.3 3.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 2.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Homeboyz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nairobi City Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nairobi City Stars have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Gor Mahia 26 16 8 2 41 17 13 10 2 1 24 5 13 6 6 1 16 9 24 56
2 Tusker 26 16 6 4 38 20 13 9 4 0 21 7 13 7 2 4 15 13 18 54
3 Nzoia United 26 14 9 3 34 15 14 7 7 0 19 7 12 7 2 3 15 8 19 51
4 KCB 26 14 7 5 32 17 13 6 3 4 14 9 13 8 4 1 16 7 15 49
5 Police 25 12 7 6 39 17 12 5 4 3 17 8 13 7 3 3 21 9 22 43
6 Bandari 25 12 4 9 27 20 12 7 1 4 18 12 13 5 3 5 9 8 7 40
7 Homeboyz 26 10 8 8 29 20 13 3 5 5 11 11 13 7 3 3 18 9 9 38
8 Leopards 26 11 8 7 24 17 13 5 5 3 9 9 13 6 3 4 15 7 7 38
9 Posta Rangers 26 10 8 8 27 31 13 3 4 6 8 17 13 7 4 2 18 10 -4 38
10 Ulinzi Stars 26 9 10 7 28 26 13 6 5 2 15 11 13 3 5 5 11 14 2 37
11 Kariobangi Sharks 27 9 9 9 43 40 13 4 4 5 20 22 14 5 5 4 23 18 3 36
12 Sofapaka 26 6 10 10 24 32 14 4 5 5 14 15 12 2 5 5 10 13 -8 28
13 Bidco United 26 7 6 13 29 29 13 2 2 9 9 16 13 5 4 4 17 11 0 27
14 Talanta 26 6 9 11 28 41 13 3 4 6 13 23 13 3 5 5 15 18 -13 27
15 Nairobi City Stars 26 7 5 14 28 37 12 3 2 7 15 17 14 4 3 7 13 20 -9 26
16 Mathare United 26 7 1 18 23 50 14 5 0 9 11 27 12 2 1 9 12 23 -27 22
17 Wazito 27 4 7 16 21 45 13 2 5 6 8 17 14 2 2 10 9 28 -24 19
18 Vihiga Bullets 26 2 2 22 17 58 13 2 0 11 8 29 13 0 2 11 9 29 -41 8