Read up on this entertaining match in the Premier League. Sofapaka is in the 3rd spot after completing two fixtures. They welcome Mathare United who are placed 18th after two matches.
Mathare United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago.
Sofapaka form and stats
Sofapaka have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 16 matches.
The home team returns to Nyayo National Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Nzoia United (placed 14th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0.
Before that, Sofapaka had a home game versus Nairobi City Stars which ended with a victory 3-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as KCB are coming to town in three days.
Sofapaka has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mathare United form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Mathare United had these away match statistics: Played 16; won 3, drew 1 and lost 12.
Mathare are looking to quickly end their 201 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
Mathare failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Ulinzi Stars (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Bandari's place.Mathare have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premier League fixture vs Nzoia United. A difficult itinerary for the visitors!
0 goals so far away for Mathare United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Sofapaka-Mathare United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sofapaka five wins, Mathare United two wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Sofapaka missing players
Mathare United missing players
| Sofapaka | Mathare United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sofapaka | Last season | Mathare United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 12 | 18 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 20 | 33 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 34 | 47 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 66% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 66% | ||
| 47% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 50% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 19% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 53% | ||
| 31% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | ||
| 31% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 34% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 38% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bandari | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Ulinzi Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sofapaka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Leopards | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Posta Rangers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Gor Mahia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Homeboyz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Kariobangi Sharks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Nairobi City Stars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Talanta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Wazito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bidco United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | KCB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Nzoia United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Vihiga Bullets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Tusker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Police | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Mathare United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 26 | 65 |
| 2 | KCB | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 21 | 62 |
| 3 | Bandari | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 53 |
| 4 | Leopards | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Kariobangi Sharks | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 48 |
| 6 | Homeboyz | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Gor Mahia | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | Nairobi City Stars | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | Wazito | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 45 |
| 10 | Ulinzi Stars | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 44 |
| 11 | Bidco United | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 44 |
| 12 | Sofapaka | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 38 |
| 13 | Posta Rangers | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Nzoia United | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 33 |
| 15 | Mathare United | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 30 |
| 16 | Vihiga United | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -23 | 26 |
| 17 | Western Stima | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -26 | 22 |
| 18 | Zoo Kericho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |