Talanta vs KCB: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ruaraka Stadium (15000 seats)

Talanta will battle it out with KCB in this Premier League fixture. All you need to learn about the fixture can be found here!

Insights:
  • Talanta have yet to win a game at home.
  • KCB have the most points (15) away in Premier League

Talanta's stadium, Ruaraka Stadium, has a grass surface. KCB have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for KCB when playing on grass; 12 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses from 30 matches. They have scored {36 goals} in these games and conceded 26.

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased motivation and significance.

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 Talanta and KCB.

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Talanta form and stats

Talanta have played 2 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Talanta lost their last game at Sofapaka (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Ulinzi Stars with the scoreline 0-3.

At Ruaraka Stadium, Talanta has the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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KCB form and stats

5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of KCB, who have the most points (15) away in Premier League, playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Two away games in a row for KCB, whose manager could celebrate last time after the win against Gor Mahia.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Tusker.

KCB find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. KCB's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior two meetings involving these two participants are: zero wins for Talanta, two draws and zero wins for KCB. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Talanta missing players

KCB missing players

Talanta KCB
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 4 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 3
6 2 0 Scored S 0 5 7
11 5 3 Conceded C 0 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 43%
80% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 43%
40% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 43%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
7 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
4.2 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.8 7.1
1 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 19.5 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 7.7
6.2 8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2.3
16% 12% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 44%
 
15.2 23.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 8.9
6.2 9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 3.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Talanta's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • KCB have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • KCB have scored at least twice as many goals away as Talanta have scored home.
  • KCB have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • KCB have the most points (15) away in Premier League
  • KCB have the most scored goals (7) away in Premier League
  • KCB have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League
  • KCB have won all their away games so far.
  • KCB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Talanta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Talanta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Talanta have yet to win a game at home.
  • Talanta 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 Tusker 6 6 0 0 12 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 3 3 0 0 5 2 8 18
2 Nzoia United 7 5 1 1 7 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 16
3 KCB 8 5 0 3 9 7 3 0 0 3 2 5 5 5 0 0 7 2 2 15
4 Homeboyz 7 3 3 1 9 6 4 1 2 1 7 6 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 12
5 Ulinzi Stars 8 3 3 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 12
6 Posta Rangers 7 3 2 2 7 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 11
7 Gor Mahia 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 10
8 Police 6 2 2 2 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
9 Leopards 7 2 2 3 4 4 3 0 1 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 4 2 0 8
10 Kariobangi Sharks 5 1 4 0 8 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 7
11 Sofapaka 7 1 4 2 5 6 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 7
12 Bidco United 7 1 2 4 5 7 4 0 0 4 2 6 3 1 2 0 3 1 -2 5
13 Bandari 6 1 2 3 3 6 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 -3 5
14 Talanta 5 1 1 3 6 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 0 2 4 6 -5 4
15 Nairobi City Stars 7 0 2 5 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 -8 2
16 Wazito 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
17 Vihiga Bullets 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0
18 Mathare United 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
19 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0