Football preview: Police odds-on when Nairobi City Stars arrive

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Wed 12.April
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)

Welcome to this fixture starring Police & Nairobi City Stars in the Premier League. Tipsway has all you must know!

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

It's no vacation for neither Police nor Nairobi City Stars as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Police form and stats

Police have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Police's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Nairobi City Stars (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. At last, a league victory after three games without one. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Leopards.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Police's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Police fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Police 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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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

There's been little loot from Nairobi City Stars's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Nairobi City Stars only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Nairobi City Stars as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Mathare United match.

Nairobi are travelling again after losing away to Police in their previous match (2-4). As you can tell from the result, the match against Police was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

A 2-3 loss hosting Posta Rangers before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nairobi City Stars when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

The attacking power of Nairobi City Stars when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Nairobi in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported history involving both these participants is the Police - Nairobi City Stars 4-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Police three wins, two draws and Nairobi City Stars three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Police missing players

Nairobi City Stars missing players

Police Nairobi City Stars
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 4 13 24
11 5 1 Won W 0 3 5
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 4 7 14
34 17 5 Scored S 1 11 21
15 7 1 Conceded C 7 19 34
82% 73% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 77% 88%
59% 55% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 46% 58%
41% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 42%
23% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 17%
14% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 17%
36% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 46%
50% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 25%
32% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 42%
 
4.7 4.8 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2 1.6 2.4
2.9 2.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 5.4
1.3 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.9 12.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 4.6 5.6
5.4 5.8 10.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 1.4 2
28% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 41%
 
7.7 8.8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 7.2 8
3 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Nairobi City Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nairobi City Stars have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Police have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  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 24 15 7 2 38 15 12 10 1 1 22 3 12 5 6 1 15 9 23 52
2 Tusker 23 14 6 3 35 19 11 7 4 0 18 7 12 7 2 3 15 12 16 48
3 Nzoia United 24 12 9 3 30 15 12 5 7 0 15 7 12 7 2 3 15 8 15 45
4 KCB 23 12 6 5 25 15 11 4 3 4 9 9 12 8 3 1 14 5 10 42
5 Police 22 11 7 4 35 15 11 5 4 2 17 7 11 6 3 2 17 8 20 40
6 Leopards 23 11 6 6 22 13 11 5 3 3 7 7 12 6 3 3 15 5 9 39
7 Bandari 23 11 3 9 25 19 11 7 0 4 17 11 12 4 3 5 8 8 6 36
8 Posta Rangers 24 9 7 8 23 29 13 3 4 6 8 17 11 6 3 2 14 8 -6 34
9 Kariobangi Sharks 24 8 9 7 40 36 12 4 4 4 19 20 12 4 5 3 21 16 4 33
10 Ulinzi Stars 23 8 9 6 25 23 12 5 5 2 14 11 11 3 4 4 9 11 2 33
11 Homeboyz 24 8 8 8 25 20 12 2 5 5 9 11 12 6 3 3 16 9 5 32
12 Sofapaka 22 6 8 8 19 23 11 4 4 3 10 7 11 2 4 5 9 12 -4 26
13 Bidco United 24 6 6 12 26 28 12 2 2 8 9 15 12 4 4 4 14 11 -2 24
14 Talanta 23 6 6 11 26 39 12 3 3 6 12 22 11 3 3 5 14 17 -13 24
15 Mathare United 23 7 1 15 22 43 12 5 0 7 10 23 11 2 1 8 12 20 -21 22
16 Nairobi City Stars 24 5 5 14 21 34 11 2 2 7 10 15 13 3 3 7 11 19 -13 20
17 Wazito 23 2 7 14 17 39 12 1 5 6 7 17 11 1 2 8 6 22 -22 13
18 Vihiga Bullets 22 2 2 18 15 44 11 2 0 9 8 23 11 0 2 9 7 21 -29 8