Possible nail-biting contest in Nzoia United - Ulinzi Stars game

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Tue 28.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sudi Stadium (5000 seats)

2nd spot in the Premier League table for Nzoia United so far this season, a tip-top campaign. The home team followers hope for more goals as 7th-placed Ulinzi Stars visit Sudi Stadium.

Insights:
  • Nzoia United have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nzoia United and Ulinzi Stars.

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Nzoia United form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Nzoia United have to build on here at Sudi Stadium in the Premier League.

Nzoia's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Ulinzi Stars (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league win after five games without.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Police that ended 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nzoia United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 1.

The Nzoia United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Nzoia have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ulinzi Stars form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Ulinzi Stars playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ulinzi Stars have lost on their last two travels.

There might be some fixture complaints from Ulinzi as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Nzoia United.

A draw for Ulinzi Stars before that, at their own venue hosting Tusker (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Ulinzi in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Ulinzi Stars, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ulinzi Stars as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Ulinzi Stars as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Nzoia - Ulinzi Stars 1-0, played this season. Nzoia United-Ulinzi Stars H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nzoia United three wins, Ulinzi Stars three wins, four draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Nzoia United missing players

Ulinzi Stars missing players

Nzoia United Ulinzi Stars
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
10 5 1 Won W 0 3 8
8 6 3 Drew D 3 4 8
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 5
25 15 3 Scored S 0 9 23
15 7 2 Conceded C 0 6 17
81% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 70% 86%
52% 55% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 57%
38% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 29%
19% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
43% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 43%
43% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 43%
33% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 29%
 
4.9 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.3 5
3.6 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.3 4.1
1.2 0.9 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.7 4.6 3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.9 10.7
2.5 2.1 0.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4.3
47% 62% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 27%
 
5.7 4.6 2.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 5.7 8.7
1.8 1.4 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.7 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Nzoia United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Nzoia United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nzoia United have the most points from losing position (11) in Premier League
  • Nzoia United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 Gor Mahia 20 12 6 2 29 14 10 8 1 1 15 3 10 4 5 1 13 8 15 42
2 Nzoia United 21 10 8 3 25 15 11 5 6 0 15 7 10 5 2 3 10 8 10 38
3 KCB 20 11 4 5 24 15 10 3 3 4 8 9 10 8 1 1 14 5 9 37
4 Tusker 19 10 6 3 27 18 9 5 4 0 13 6 10 5 2 3 12 12 9 36
5 Police 19 10 5 4 31 13 9 4 3 2 13 5 10 6 2 2 17 8 18 35
6 Leopards 20 10 5 5 21 12 9 4 3 2 6 6 11 6 2 3 15 5 9 35
7 Ulinzi Stars 21 8 8 5 25 18 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 3 4 3 9 6 7 32
8 Bandari 19 9 3 7 18 16 9 6 0 3 11 9 10 3 3 4 7 7 2 30
9 Kariobangi Sharks 20 7 8 5 35 28 10 4 3 3 16 15 10 3 5 2 19 13 7 29
10 Homeboyz 20 6 7 7 20 18 10 2 4 4 9 10 10 4 3 3 11 8 2 25
11 Sofapaka 20 6 7 7 19 21 10 4 3 3 10 7 10 2 4 4 9 10 -2 25
12 Posta Rangers 20 6 7 7 17 25 11 2 4 5 7 15 9 4 3 2 9 6 -8 25
13 Bidco United 20 6 5 9 24 22 11 2 2 7 8 13 9 4 3 2 13 7 2 23
14 Talanta 20 5 6 9 22 34 10 2 3 5 10 20 10 3 3 4 12 14 -12 21
15 Mathare United 19 6 1 12 19 35 10 4 0 6 7 19 9 2 1 6 12 16 -16 19
16 Nairobi City Stars 20 4 5 11 14 26 9 1 2 6 5 12 11 3 3 5 9 14 -12 17
17 Wazito 19 2 5 12 15 32 10 1 4 5 7 14 9 1 1 7 4 18 -17 11
18 Vihiga Bullets 19 1 2 16 14 37 9 1 0 8 7 21 10 0 2 8 7 16 -23 5

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