This could be a great match, with Nairobi City Stars at 4th and KCB in 2nd. Here's our full preview!
- Nairobi City Stars have the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
- KCB is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
Nairobi City Stars and KCB should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nairobi's stadium, Nyayo National Stadium, has a grass surface. KCB have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for KCB when playing on grass; 15 wins, 14 draws and 12 losses from 41 matches. They have scored 56 goals in these games and conceded 39.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Nairobi City Stars form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Nairobi City Stars at their home stadium (Nyayo National Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Nairobi are confident in defense, having played 202 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Nairobi, who won 2-0 against Mathare United (placed 15th).
Before that, Nairobi drew at home versus Nzoia United.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Nairobi's attacking play is working. Nairobi have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
KCB form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. KCB goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
KCB won their last game, 2-0 versus Ulinzi Stars played at home.
A 0-0 draw at Bandari's stadium before that.KCB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on KCB as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Nairobi City Stars wins - draws - KCB wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Nairobi City Stars missing players
KCB missing players
| Nairobi City Stars | KCB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 78% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 78% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 56% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 11.4 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 42% | 43% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 41% |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.2 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
- KCB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- KCB have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- KCB is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
- Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nairobi City Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nairobi City Stars have the most scored goals (10) at home in Premier League
- Nairobi City Stars have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Premier League
- Nairobi City Stars have the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
- Nairobi City Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | KCB | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Homeboyz | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Nairobi City Stars | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Kariobangi Sharks | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Bandari | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Talanta | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Sofapaka | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Posta Rangers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | Ulinzi Stars | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Bidco United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Police | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Leopards | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Tusker | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Mathare United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -13 | 7 |
| 16 | Nzoia United | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Wazito | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Vihiga Bullets | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -19 | 2 |