Possible nail-biting contest in Sofapaka - Homeboyz game

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Thu 16.March
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Wundanyi Stadium (1000 seats)

Homeboyz know they face a strenuous journey to Sofapaka and their Wundanyi Stadium. This article has all the intelligence you require before the match.

The visiting Homeboyz played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Sofapaka form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Sofapaka at their home stadium (Wundanyi Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Nshimirimana was the last player to score a league goal for Sofapaka and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sofapaka haven't scored in 531 minutes. The Sofapaka goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

Sofapaka drew their last game, 1-1 away at Nairobi City Stars (after extra-time) (placed 16th).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Mathare United (after extra-time).

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 Sofapaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4.

It should be considered that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Sofapaka aren't scoring a lot here at Wundanyi Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. From these home matches, Sofapaka have conceded only 6 goals.

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Homeboyz form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Homeboyz have lost on their last two travels.

Homeboyz aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 213 league minutes without a goal. Eshianda was the last player to find the net. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Homeboyz goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 374 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Home advantage was not enough for Homeboyz in their previous game as they lost hosting Police (after extra-time), 0-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ulinzi Stars (after extra-time) wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Homeboyz in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Homeboyz, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Low on goals? 13 of this side's most recent 14 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The visiting Homeboyz have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Homeboyz are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Homeboyz have won or drawn the last 6 fixtures (2-4-0) facing Sofapaka.

Homeboyz - Sofapaka 1-1 was the end result in these sides' previous head to head game, played this season.

Sofapaka missing players

Homeboyz missing players

Sofapaka Homeboyz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 2 9 19
5 3 0 Won W 2 4 6
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 7
7 3 0 Lost L 0 2 6
16 7 0 Scored S 6 10 19
16 6 0 Conceded C 1 5 15
89% 89% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
58% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 42%
16% 11% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 11% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 11%
37% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 42%
37% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 32%
37% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 37%
 
3.5 3.9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.9 4.4
4.5 3.9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 3.6
1.7 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 10.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 19 6.9 6.8
3.6 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 2.9 2.4
17% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 34%
 
10.7 10.1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.1 6.4
4.5 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 2.6

  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 19 12 5 2 29 14 10 8 1 1 15 3 9 4 4 1 13 8 15 41
2 KCB 19 11 3 5 24 15 9 3 2 4 8 9 10 8 1 1 14 5 9 36
3 Tusker 18 10 5 3 25 16 9 5 4 0 13 6 9 5 1 3 10 10 9 35
4 Police 18 10 4 4 29 11 9 4 3 2 13 5 9 6 1 2 15 6 18 34
5 Nzoia United 19 9 7 3 22 13 9 4 5 0 12 5 10 5 2 3 10 8 9 34
6 Leopards 19 9 5 5 20 12 9 4 3 2 6 6 10 5 2 3 14 5 8 32
7 Ulinzi Stars 19 8 7 4 23 15 10 5 3 2 12 9 9 3 4 2 9 5 8 31
8 Bandari 18 8 3 7 17 16 9 6 0 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 6 7 1 27
9 Kariobangi Sharks 19 6 8 5 32 27 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 2 5 2 16 12 5 26
10 Homeboyz 19 6 7 6 19 15 10 2 4 4 9 10 9 4 3 2 10 5 4 25
11 Posta Rangers 19 6 7 6 17 24 10 2 4 4 7 14 9 4 3 2 9 6 -7 25
12 Bidco United 20 6 5 9 24 22 11 2 2 7 8 13 9 4 3 2 13 7 2 23
13 Sofapaka 19 5 7 7 16 20 9 3 3 3 7 6 10 2 4 4 9 10 -4 22
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 18 6 1 11 19 34 9 4 0 5 7 18 9 2 1 6 12 16 -15 19
16 Nairobi City Stars 19 3 5 11 12 25 9 1 2 6 5 12 10 2 3 5 7 13 -13 14
17 Wazito 18 2 5 11 14 30 9 1 4 4 6 12 9 1 1 7 4 18 -16 11
18 Vihiga Bullets 18 1 2 15 13 34 8 1 0 7 6 18 10 0 2 8 7 16 -21 5