Premier League match preview and statistics: Nzoia United fight Homeboyz

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Masinde Muliro Stadium (5000 seats)

Struggling Nzoia United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Homeboyz in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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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Nzoia United form and stats

With 1 Premier League win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Nzoia United are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Leopards in the Premier League last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Nzoia United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ulinzi Stars.

Nzoia United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nzoia United defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Homeboyz form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Homeboyz play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Mathare United (placed 7th). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Gor Mahia's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Homeboyz's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Homeboyz have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 2 Nzoia United victories, 2 draws and 2 Homeboyz wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Nzoia United missing players

Homeboyz missing players

Nzoia United Homeboyz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 1 6 11
2 1 0 Won W 1 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 3
13 6 2 Scored S 2 11 20
18 10 4 Conceded C 1 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
42% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 73%
17% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 64%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
25% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 9%
 
3.8 3.3 1.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.8 5.1
7.1 6.8 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 1 3.3 4.5
0.7 0.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
92 46 13 Total Shots T S 0 53 109
37 17 5 Shots on Target S O 0 23 48
35% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 48% 42%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Homeboyz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Nzoia United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Homeboyz has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
  • Homeboyz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Homeboyz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Homeboyz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Homeboyz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nzoia United has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
  • Nzoia United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Nzoia United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Nzoia United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nzoia United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 8 1 1 20 5 7 5 1 1 15 5 3 3 0 0 5 0 15 25
2 KCB 11 6 3 2 17 8 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 2 1 2 9 5 9 21
3 Ulinzi Stars 12 5 6 1 13 6 6 3 3 0 6 2 6 2 3 1 7 4 7 21
4 Tusker 11 6 3 2 20 15 5 3 2 0 11 6 6 3 1 2 9 9 5 21
5 Homeboyz 11 6 2 3 20 15 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 1 2 11 10 5 20
6 Leopards 12 5 5 2 16 11 5 2 3 0 6 1 7 3 2 2 10 10 5 20
7 Mathare United 12 5 5 2 16 12 6 1 3 2 5 7 6 4 2 0 11 5 4 20
8 Posta Rangers 11 4 5 2 12 5 6 2 2 2 7 3 5 2 3 0 5 2 7 17
9 Sofapaka 11 5 2 4 17 14 6 4 0 2 12 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 17
10 Western Stima 10 4 5 1 12 9 4 2 2 0 4 1 6 2 3 1 8 8 3 17
11 Wazito 12 3 5 4 18 15 6 2 2 2 13 9 6 1 3 2 5 6 3 14
12 Zoo Kericho 11 4 1 6 13 14 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 0 4 5 8 -1 13
13 Bandari 10 3 3 4 11 13 5 2 2 1 8 7 5 1 1 3 3 6 -2 12
14 Nzoia United 12 2 4 6 13 18 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 1 2 3 7 8 -5 10
15 Kisumu All Stars 11 2 3 6 7 14 6 2 0 4 5 8 5 0 3 2 2 6 -7 9
16 Kariobangi Sharks 12 1 5 6 9 18 6 0 2 4 6 13 6 1 3 2 3 5 -9 8
17 SoNy Sugar 10 1 1 8 9 22 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 1 0 4 6 12 -13 4
18 Chemelil 11 0 1 10 4 33 4 0 1 3 3 9 7 0 0 7 1 24 -29 1