Football news and preview: Posta Rangers favourites when Mathare United arrive

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Wed 11.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ruaraka Stadium (15000 seats)

This looks to be yet another action-packed meeting at Ruaraka Stadium in the Premier League. Posta Rangers is in 8th position and receive Mathare United in 18th position. Read all about the fixture here!

This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased tension and significance.

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 Mathare United.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Posta Rangers at their home stadium (Ruaraka Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The Posta followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Ruaraka Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Gor Mahia (placed 5th). The first defeat after going undefeated through four league rounds.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Bandari with a 3-1 scoreline.

Posta Rangers have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Mathare United form and stats

Mathare United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats from 9 fixtures.

Mathare United's previous game was their home loss versus Sofapaka (0-4). Mathare lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

Prior to that match, the Mathare United manager faced defeat when travelling to Ulinzi Stars and losing 1-3.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Mathare United played away with similar odds. This revealed 8 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 6 times.

Mathare United have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Premier League game vs Talanta. A hard programme for the visiting team!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mathare United has managed {1 goals} and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches involving these sides have all finished as Posta wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Posta Rangers missing players

Mathare United missing players

Posta Rangers Mathare United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 3
6 2 2 Scored S 0 1 2
5 3 1 Conceded C 0 3 9
71% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
43% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
29% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
43% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.8 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
3 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
2.5 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.5 6 2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7
2.2 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
 
7.8 7.5 2 Shots against (avg) S A 0 21 21
3.8 3.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 8

  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 8 7 0 1 15 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 5 4 0 1 8 4 9 21
2 Ulinzi Stars 10 5 3 2 14 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 18
3 KCB 9 6 0 3 11 8 3 0 0 3 2 5 6 6 0 0 9 3 3 18
4 Nzoia United 8 5 2 1 8 4 4 2 2 0 3 1 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 17
5 Gor Mahia 7 4 1 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 13
6 Homeboyz 8 3 4 1 10 7 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 2 0 3 1 3 13
7 Police 7 3 2 2 8 4 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 11
8 Posta Rangers 9 3 2 4 7 9 5 1 1 3 3 7 4 2 1 1 4 2 -2 11
9 Sofapaka 9 2 4 3 9 10 5 1 3 1 3 6 4 1 1 2 6 4 -1 10
10 Bidco United 8 2 2 4 9 8 4 0 0 4 2 6 4 2 2 0 7 2 1 8
11 Bandari 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 2 0 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 -2 8
12 Leopards 8 2 2 4 5 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 -3 8
13 Kariobangi Sharks 6 1 4 1 9 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 7
14 Wazito 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 4
15 Talanta 6 1 1 4 7 13 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 -6 4
16 Vihiga Bullets 3 1 0 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 3
17 Nairobi City Stars 8 0 2 6 3 13 4 0 1 3 2 6 4 0 1 3 1 7 -10 2
18 Mathare United 3 0 0 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 -7 0
19 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0