Football betting preview: Posta Rangers vs Gor Mahia

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sat 25.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kenyatta Stadium

Struggling Posta Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gor Mahia in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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 Posta Rangers and Gor Mahia.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

Posta Rangers's struggle is real here at Kenyatta Stadium with only 15 points collected from 16 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-6-7. Three draws in a row here at Kenyatta Stadium for Posta Rangers, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

The fans are hoping that Posta Rangers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Western Stima. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Homeboyz.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Posta Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Tusker in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

Posta Rangers have scored 14 goals here in 16 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Posta Rangers have conceded only 15 goals.

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Gor Mahia form and stats

As the visiting team Gor Mahia, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 9-3-4 so far.

Gor Mahia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vihiga United in their previous match; a Premier League game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Leopards with the score of 3-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Mathare United in just four days.

Gor Mahia have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Gor Mahia - Posta Rangers 2-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Posta Rangers, 4 draws and 6 wins for Gor Mahia. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Posta Rangers missing players

Gor Mahia missing players

Posta Rangers Gor Mahia
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played 5 16 32
7 3 0 Won 4 9 21
10 6 3 Drew 1 3 7
15 7 2 Lost 0 4 4
26 14 1 Scored 9 23 55
33 15 3 Conceded 0 11 22
78% 75% 40% Over 0.5 80% 94% 97%
50% 56% 20% Over 1.5 60% 62% 75%
28% 19% 20% Over 2.5 20% 31% 38%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 20% 19% 19%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 9%
38% 31% 20% BTTS 0% 38% 47%
38% 38% 60% Clean Sheets 100% 44% 44%
47% 56% 80% Failed To Score 20% 25% 12%
 
3.7 3.4 3.8 Corners For (avg) 5.6 5.8 6.3
5.1 4.1 5.2 Corners Against (avg) 2 3 2.5
1.5 1.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.8 1.9 1.5
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Gor Mahia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gor Mahia have scored more than double the goals of Posta Rangers.
  • Gor Mahia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Posta Rangers
All Premier League
All Home Away
21-04-19 PL Posta Rangers 2 - 0 Zoo Kericho
27-04-19 PL Kariobangi Sharks 1 - 1 Posta Rangers
01-05-19 PL Sofapaka 3 - 2 Posta Rangers
05-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 0 - 0 Bandari
09-05-19 PL Ulinzi Stars 0 - 1 Posta Rangers
12-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 1 - 1 Vihiga United
18-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 0 - 0 Homeboyz
22-05-19 PL Western Stima 2 - 1 Posta Rangers
25-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 12:00 Gor Mahia
29-05-19 PL Tusker 12:00 Posta Rangers
Gor Mahia
All CAF Confederations Cup Premier League Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
29-04-19 PL Ulinzi Stars 1 - 2 Gor Mahia
02-05-19 PL Gor Mahia 3 - 3 KCB
05-05-19 PL Western Stima 0 - 0 Gor Mahia
08-05-19 PL Chemelil 0 - 2 Gor Mahia
12-05-19 PL Gor Mahia 2 - 0 Sofapaka
15-05-19 PL Nzoia United 1 - 0 Gor Mahia
19-05-19 PL Leopards 1 - 3 Gor Mahia
22-05-19 PL Gor Mahia 1 - 1 Vihiga United
25-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 12:00 Gor Mahia
29-05-19 PL Gor Mahia 12:00 Mathare United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Gor Mahia 32 21 7 4 55 22 16 12 4 0 32 11 16 9 3 4 23 11 33 70
2 Bandari 32 18 8 6 43 27 16 13 2 1 30 11 16 5 6 5 13 16 16 62
3 Sofapaka 32 15 13 4 48 30 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 9 6 1 26 13 18 58
4 SoNy Sugar 32 16 7 9 41 27 16 9 4 3 24 11 16 7 3 6 17 16 14 55
5 Homeboyz 32 14 10 8 45 26 17 8 5 4 23 14 15 6 5 4 22 12 19 52
6 Tusker 31 13 10 8 43 29 15 5 6 4 19 15 16 8 4 4 24 14 14 49
7 Mathare United 31 12 12 7 45 33 16 8 5 3 27 19 15 4 7 4 16 14 12 48
8 KCB 32 11 10 11 34 32 15 5 6 4 14 12 17 6 4 7 20 20 2 43
9 Ulinzi Stars 32 9 14 9 30 30 16 6 7 3 19 14 16 3 7 6 11 16 0 41
10 Kariobangi Sharks 32 8 15 9 33 37 15 6 4 5 16 16 17 2 11 4 17 21 -4 39
11 Leopards 31 10 9 12 31 37 16 5 5 6 16 17 15 5 4 6 15 20 -6 39
12 Nzoia United 32 9 10 13 29 34 16 6 5 5 12 14 16 3 5 8 17 20 -5 37
13 Western Stima 32 7 14 11 25 36 16 4 7 5 12 17 16 3 7 6 13 19 -11 35
14 Posta Rangers 32 7 10 15 26 33 16 3 6 7 14 15 16 4 4 8 12 18 -7 31
15 Chemelil 32 7 10 15 26 40 15 3 7 5 12 15 17 4 3 10 14 25 -14 31
16 Zoo Kericho 31 6 10 15 23 43 16 6 5 5 14 16 15 0 5 10 9 27 -20 28
17 Vihiga United 32 4 14 14 26 42 16 3 6 7 14 20 16 1 8 7 12 22 -16 26
18 Nakumatt 30 5 3 22 31 76 16 3 2 11 17 41 14 2 1 11 14 33 -45 18

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