Moving nearer to the top teams is the mission when these mid-table teams do battle. Both are aiming to better their league status, Sofapaka in 12th and Talanta in 9th position.
- Sofapaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Talanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Sofapaka and Talanta.
Sofapaka form and stats
Sofapaka have played 11 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Sofapaka.
The home team returns to Nairobi City Stadium after drawing with Leopards (placed 11th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
In the match before that, Sofapaka hosted Gor Mahia and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Sofapaka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sofapaka as a small favourite), we find nine games. Sofapaka has won four of these, drawn two and lost three.
Sofapaka aren't scoring a lot here at Nairobi City Stadium in the league, with only 10 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Talanta form and stats
5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Talanta in their Premier League matches away.
There were no winners in Talanta's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Ulinzi Stars (placed 14th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Bandari.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Talanta in our archives, and the results are: one win for Talanta, two draws and five defeats.
Talanta have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Talanta have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sofapaka missing players
Talanta missing players
| Sofapaka | Talanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 23 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 76% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 62% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 36% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 43% | 55% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 50% |
| 38% | 27% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 9.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 27% | 36% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 44% | 56% |
| 13.6 | 9.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.4 |
- Sofapaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Talanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Talanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Homeboyz | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 | Tusker | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Nairobi City Stars | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Gor Mahia | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | KCB | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Bandari | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Kariobangi Sharks | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Posta Rangers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
| 9 | Talanta | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 28 |
| 10 | Police | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Leopards | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Sofapaka | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| 13 | Bidco United | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 14 | Ulinzi Stars | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 15 | Nzoia United | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 16 | Wazito | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 20 |
| 17 | Vihiga Bullets | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 24 | -30 | 12 |
| 18 | Mathare United | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | -33 | 11 |
