Narok County Stadium: Sofapaka vs Nairobi City Stars Premier League preview

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Narok County Stadium (30000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Narok County Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sofapaka languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Nairobi City Stars will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Sofapaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Nairobi City Stars have yet to win a game away.

Sofapaka and Nairobi City Stars should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sofapaka form and stats

Sofapaka must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Narok County Stadium.

No payout for Sofapaka in their previous match, an away game at Nzoia United that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Sofapaka won a home game hosting Mathare United (4-2).

Goals are plentiful at Narok County Stadium in the league this season as Sofapaka has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sofapaka defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Nairobi's last game was the home draw against Ulinzi Stars (1-1). A 1-1 draw at Posta Rangers's stadium before that.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Nairobi City Stars's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Nairobi have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Sofapaka wins - draws - Nairobi City Stars wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Sofapaka missing players

Nairobi City Stars missing players

Sofapaka Nairobi City Stars
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 4 8
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
10 8 0 Scored S 0 2 8
12 5 0 Conceded C 0 4 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 88%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
71% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 12%
29% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.2 7.1
3.7 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 3.6
38% 62% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Sofapaka's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nairobi City Stars have yet to win a game away.
  • Sofapaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Sofapaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KCB 7 6 0 1 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 1 6 3 8 18
2 Kariobangi Sharks 8 4 3 1 16 11 4 2 2 0 10 5 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 15
3 Tusker 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 2 0 2 8 6 5 14
4 Wazito 8 4 2 2 8 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 2 1 2 3 6 0 14
5 Gor Mahia 5 4 0 1 12 7 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 5 5 12
6 Leopards 6 4 0 2 9 5 5 3 0 2 7 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 12
7 Bandari 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 0 3 1 2 4 1 12
8 Nairobi City Stars 8 2 4 2 8 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 2 2 2 4 2 10
9 Posta Rangers 8 1 6 1 6 8 4 0 3 1 2 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 -2 9
10 Ulinzi Stars 7 1 5 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 8
11 Nzoia United 8 1 5 2 6 8 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 2 5 -2 8
12 Bidco United 9 1 5 3 5 8 4 0 2 2 2 5 5 1 3 1 3 3 -3 8
13 Sofapaka 7 2 1 4 10 12 3 2 0 1 8 5 4 0 1 3 2 7 -2 7
14 Homeboyz 7 1 2 4 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 3 4 8 -5 5
15 Vihiga United 8 1 2 5 4 9 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 0 2 2 2 5 -5 5
16 Western Stima 8 1 2 5 8 16 4 0 1 3 4 10 4 1 1 2 4 6 -8 5
17 Mathare United 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -2 3
18 Zoo Kericho 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 2