Sofapaka vs Vihiga United match preview

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wundanyi Stadium (1000 seats)

Sofapaka have taken 16 of their 27 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against Vihiga United?

Insights:
  • Sofapaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vihiga United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sofapaka form and stats

Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 196 minutes.

Sofapaka enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Western Stima's place. The match ended 1-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Ulinzi Stars.

The Sofapaka fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Sofapaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vihiga United form and stats

There's been little loot from Vihiga United's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Premier League. Vihiga United only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

Vihiga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Mathare United proved too strong as Vihiga United slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Bukhungu Stadium. Late heartbreak for Vihiga in the Mathare United match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

Prior to that match, the Vihiga manager faced defeat when travelling to Bidco United and losing 0-1.

Goals are few and far between in Vihiga's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. 13 goals have been conceded by Vihiga in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vihiga United - Sofapaka 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Sofapaka won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Vihiga United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / five

Sofapaka missing players

Vihiga United missing players

Sofapaka Vihiga United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 4 10 21
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 3
6 4 0 Drew D 2 3 6
9 2 0 Lost L 2 5 12
23 16 7 Scored S 2 5 9
27 11 3 Conceded C 5 13 26
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 81%
64% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 38%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 29%
18% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 14%
5% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
45% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 29%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 24%
36% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 67%
 
3.6 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 3.8
3.6 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5 4.5
1.7 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
6.7 9.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.1 7.3
2.9 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.4
38% 48% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 18% 12%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sofapaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sofapaka have scored more than double the goals of Vihiga United.
  • Vihiga United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vihiga United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 22 14 5 3 39 18 11 7 3 1 13 6 11 7 2 2 26 12 21 47
2 KCB 22 14 4 4 29 14 11 9 0 2 15 6 11 5 4 2 14 8 15 46
3 Leopards 22 12 4 6 25 17 12 8 0 4 14 10 10 4 4 2 11 7 8 40
4 Gor Mahia 22 12 3 7 28 20 12 4 3 5 8 9 10 8 0 2 20 11 8 39
5 Kariobangi Sharks 22 10 4 8 28 27 10 3 3 4 12 11 12 7 1 4 16 16 1 34
6 Bandari 21 8 8 5 30 24 11 6 2 3 23 15 10 2 6 2 7 9 6 32
7 Nairobi City Stars 22 9 5 8 24 18 11 6 3 2 17 8 11 3 2 6 7 10 6 32
8 Wazito 21 8 6 7 19 20 10 5 3 2 14 9 11 3 3 5 5 11 -1 30
9 Homeboyz 21 8 4 9 25 22 10 4 3 3 12 6 11 4 1 6 13 16 3 28
10 Ulinzi Stars 21 6 10 5 17 15 11 5 4 2 12 9 10 1 6 3 5 6 2 28
11 Bidco United 21 6 9 6 17 19 11 4 3 4 10 12 10 2 6 2 7 7 -2 27
12 Sofapaka 22 7 6 9 23 27 10 4 4 2 16 11 12 3 2 7 7 16 -4 27
13 Posta Rangers 21 5 10 6 16 21 11 1 6 4 7 14 10 4 4 2 9 7 -5 25
14 Nzoia United 21 3 8 10 18 26 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 0 3 8 6 15 -8 17
15 Western Stima 22 3 7 12 21 39 10 1 3 6 9 18 12 2 4 6 12 21 -18 16
16 Vihiga United 21 3 6 12 9 26 11 1 3 7 4 13 10 2 3 5 5 13 -17 15
17 Mathare United 22 3 5 14 17 32 11 2 4 5 8 11 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 14
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0