Balanced ball game between Sofapaka and Ulinzi Stars expected

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 12.June
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nairobi City Stadium (15000 seats)

Sofapaka have won 46 points running out as the home team. Ulinzi Stars have gained 37 points from their away games. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Sofapaka is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Ulinzi Stars have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League

This could be an engrossing match with lots of spark and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Sofapaka form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sofapaka have to build on here at Nairobi City Stadium in the Premier League. It’s been three wins in a row for Sofapaka here at Nairobi City Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Sofapaka are confident in defense, having played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A strong away win for Sofapaka against Bandari the last match. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in O'Neill, having scored in six consecutive games.

Before that, Sofapaka had a home game versus Vihiga Bullets which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 15 games. Sofapaka has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Sofapaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games.

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Ulinzi Stars form and stats

Playing away, Ulinzi Stars have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premier League this season.

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. Ulinzi Stars goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 450 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away games in a row for Ulinzi Stars, whose coach could celebrate last time after the win against Kariobangi Sharks.

A draw for Ulinzi Stars before that, at their own venue hosting Bandari (0-0).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ulinzi Stars playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were 4 Ulinzi wins, 11 draws and 4 defeats.

Ulinzi Stars are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 16 away games. Ulinzi Stars are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sofapaka two wins, four draws and Ulinzi Stars four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Sofapaka missing players

Ulinzi Stars missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sofapaka Ulinzi Stars
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 5 16 30
11 6 4 Won W 1 4 8
13 5 0 Drew D 3 6 13
7 5 1 Lost L 1 6 9
30 17 8 Scored S 2 8 18
25 16 5 Conceded C 3 14 22
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 75% 73%
65% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 44% 37%
29% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 13%
3% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 19% 20%
39% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 60% 50% 53%
32% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 53%
 
4.3 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.8 5.3
5 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3 3.5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.8 1.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.9 6.6
3.2 2.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.2 2.3
29% 35% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 22% 26%
 
13 9 11 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.8 6.7
3.4 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sofapaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sofapaka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ulinzi Stars have scored away.
  • Sofapaka is in the best form (5-1-0) in Premier League
  • Ulinzi Stars have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Premier League
  • Ulinzi Stars have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League

  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 17 9 6 38 17 16 9 5 2 23 10 16 8 4 4 15 7 21 60
2 Homeboyz 32 16 12 4 49 32 16 8 6 2 26 16 16 8 6 2 23 16 17 60
3 Bandari 32 14 12 6 40 25 17 8 5 4 22 14 15 6 7 2 18 11 15 54
4 Gor Mahia 31 12 13 6 33 28 16 6 6 4 15 15 15 6 7 2 18 13 5 49
5 Nairobi City Stars 32 13 9 10 40 32 15 4 5 6 16 14 17 9 4 4 24 18 8 48
6 Leopards 31 11 13 7 39 32 16 5 9 2 20 17 15 6 4 5 19 15 7 46
7 Sofapaka 31 11 13 7 30 25 16 6 5 5 17 16 15 5 8 2 13 9 5 46
8 Kariobangi Sharks 32 12 9 11 44 35 17 5 4 8 23 24 15 7 5 3 21 11 9 45
9 KCB 32 10 13 9 35 31 16 6 6 4 20 16 16 4 7 5 15 15 4 43
10 Talanta 31 11 10 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 14 15 16 7 4 5 22 22 -1 43
11 Police 32 9 14 9 41 35 15 4 5 6 20 20 17 5 9 3 21 15 6 41
12 Posta Rangers 32 11 8 13 41 37 17 5 5 7 21 20 15 6 3 6 20 17 4 41
13 Ulinzi Stars 30 8 13 9 18 22 14 4 7 3 10 8 16 4 6 6 8 14 -4 37
14 Bidco United 32 7 12 13 28 37 15 3 7 5 13 15 17 4 5 8 15 22 -9 33
15 Nzoia United 32 5 16 11 30 38 16 2 7 7 12 18 16 3 9 4 18 20 -8 31
16 Wazito 32 7 7 18 30 50 16 3 3 10 15 27 16 4 4 8 15 23 -20 28
17 Vihiga Bullets 31 4 9 18 22 56 16 2 6 8 12 24 15 2 3 10 10 32 -34 21
18 Mathare United 17 2 2 13 13 38 8 0 0 8 2 17 9 2 2 5 11 21 -25 8

Ulinzi Stars:
Premier League:
Table
  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 17 9 6 38 17 16 9 5 2 23 10 16 8 4 4 15 7 21 60
2 Homeboyz 32 16 12 4 49 32 16 8 6 2 26 16 16 8 6 2 23 16 17 60
3 Bandari 32 14 12 6 40 25 17 8 5 4 22 14 15 6 7 2 18 11 15 54
4 Gor Mahia 31 12 13 6 33 28 16 6 6 4 15 15 15 6 7 2 18 13 5 49
5 Nairobi City Stars 32 13 9 10 40 32 15 4 5 6 16 14 17 9 4 4 24 18 8 48
6 Leopards 31 11 13 7 39 32 16 5 9 2 20 17 15 6 4 5 19 15 7 46
7 Sofapaka 31 11 13 7 30 25 16 6 5 5 17 16 15 5 8 2 13 9 5 46
8 Kariobangi Sharks 32 12 9 11 44 35 17 5 4 8 23 24 15 7 5 3 21 11 9 45
9 KCB 32 10 13 9 35 31 16 6 6 4 20 16 16 4 7 5 15 15 4 43
10 Talanta 31 11 10 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 14 15 16 7 4 5 22 22 -1 43
11 Police 32 9 14 9 41 35 15 4 5 6 20 20 17 5 9 3 21 15 6 41
12 Posta Rangers 32 11 8 13 41 37 17 5 5 7 21 20 15 6 3 6 20 17 4 41
13 Ulinzi Stars 30 8 13 9 18 22 14 4 7 3 10 8 16 4 6 6 8 14 -4 37
14 Bidco United 32 7 12 13 28 37 15 3 7 5 13 15 17 4 5 8 15 22 -9 33
15 Nzoia United 32 5 16 11 30 38 16 2 7 7 12 18 16 3 9 4 18 20 -8 31
16 Wazito 32 7 7 18 30 50 16 3 3 10 15 27 16 4 4 8 15 23 -20 28
17 Vihiga Bullets 31 4 9 18 22 56 16 2 6 8 12 24 15 2 3 10 10 32 -34 21
18 Mathare United 17 2 2 13 13 38 8 0 0 8 2 17 9 2 2 5 11 21 -25 8

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