Nairobi City Stars vs Talanta pre-match guide

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Fri 02.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hope Centre (5000 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another exciting meeting at Hope Centre in the Premier League. Nairobi City Stars is in 20th position and host Talanta in 9th place. Learn more about the match here!

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

Nairobi City Stars's first Premier League home game here at Hope Centre ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 16 matches.

Nairobi City Stars are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Tusker.

Ahead of that match, Nairobi lost 0-2 at home to Bidco United.

Early season league goal statistics from Nairobi City Stars's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Talanta form and stats

Let's have a look at how Talanta performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 24/24 goals scored/conceded.

Talanta delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Kariobangi Sharks (placed 3rd) in their previous fixture.

A 1-2 loss hosting Gor Mahia before that.

After this away game Talanta return home for a Premier League game against Kariobangi Sharks. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Nairobi have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) against Talanta.

Nairobi City Stars missing players

Talanta missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nairobi City Stars Talanta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 35
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 14
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
 
3 3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 37
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 11
Nairobi City Stars Last season Talanta
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 5   Won W   7 11
10 6   Drew D   5 11
10 6   Lost L   5 12
45 21   Scored S   24 39
34 16   Conceded C   24 43
88% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
68% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 82%
38% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 41%
21% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 18%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
44% 41%   BTTS BTTS   59% 53%
41% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 24%
26% 41%   Failed to Score F T   18% 29%
 
4.7 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.4
1.9 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.5 9.5   Shots (avg) S (   10 9.6
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.1
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%
 
7 7.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 9.8
3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.7

  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 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gor Mahia 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Kariobangi Sharks 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
4 Bandari 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Leopards 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Bidco United 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
7 Homeboyz 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 KCB 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Talanta 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Posta Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sofapaka 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Nzoia United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Mathare United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vihiga Bullets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wazito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Police 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Ulinzi Stars 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0
20 Nairobi City Stars 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0
Last season 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 33 18 9 6 40 17 17 10 5 2 25 10 16 8 4 4 15 7 23 63
2 Homeboyz 33 17 12 4 51 32 17 9 6 2 28 16 16 8 6 2 23 16 19 63
3 Bandari 33 14 12 7 40 26 17 8 5 4 22 14 16 6 7 3 18 12 14 54
4 Gor Mahia 32 13 13 6 35 29 16 6 6 4 15 15 16 7 7 2 20 14 6 52
5 Nairobi City Stars 33 13 10 10 42 34 16 4 6 6 18 16 17 9 4 4 24 18 8 49
6 Leopards 32 11 13 8 40 35 16 5 9 2 20 17 16 6 4 6 20 18 5 46
7 KCB 33 11 13 9 38 33 16 6 6 4 20 16 17 5 7 5 18 17 5 46
8 Sofapaka 32 11 13 8 30 26 17 6 5 6 17 17 15 5 8 2 13 9 4 46
9 Kariobangi Sharks 33 12 9 12 44 37 17 5 4 8 23 24 16 7 5 4 21 13 7 45
10 Police 33 10 14 9 42 35 16 5 5 6 21 20 17 5 9 3 21 15 7 44
11 Talanta 33 11 11 11 39 41 16 4 6 6 15 17 17 7 5 5 24 24 -2 44
12 Posta Rangers 33 11 8 14 41 39 17 5 5 7 21 20 16 6 3 7 20 19 2 41
13 Ulinzi Stars 31 9 13 9 19 22 14 4 7 3 10 8 17 5 6 6 9 14 -3 40
14 Nzoia United 33 6 16 11 33 39 17 3 7 7 15 19 16 3 9 4 18 20 -6 34
15 Bidco United 33 7 12 14 30 40 16 3 7 6 15 18 17 4 5 8 15 22 -10 33
16 Wazito 33 7 8 18 30 50 17 3 4 10 15 27 16 4 4 8 15 23 -20 29
17 Vihiga Bullets 32 4 10 18 22 56 16 2 6 8 12 24 16 2 4 10 10 32 -34 22
18 Mathare United 17 2 2 13 13 38 8 0 0 8 2 17 9 2 2 5 11 21 -25 8

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gor Mahia 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Kariobangi Sharks 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
4 Bandari 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
5 Leopards 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Bidco United 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
7 Homeboyz 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
8 KCB 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Talanta 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Posta Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sofapaka 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
12 Nzoia United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
13 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Mathare United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vihiga Bullets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wazito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Police 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Ulinzi Stars 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0
20 Nairobi City Stars 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0

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