The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.
The visiting Gor Mahia played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That match was played in the comfort of their own home stadium, hosting Bandari. There's been little rest and some travel, but Gor Mahia will do their best.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Tusker form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Tusker are 5-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).The points were shared in Tusker's previous game, also at home. Visiting SoNy Sugar travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Kariobangi Sharks.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tusker as they are travelling to their away game against Homeboyz in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The Tusker fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Tusker have conceded only 10 goals.
Gor Mahia form and stats
Playing away, Gor Mahia, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Premier League, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season.Gor Mahia won their last game, 1-0 versus Bandari played at home. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Ulinzi Stars.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gor Mahia manager H. Oktay as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Ulinzi Stars.
Gor Mahia have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. It's not easy to score on Gor Mahia as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Gor Mahia - Tusker 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tusker won 3, Gor Mahia won 3 and 4 draws.Top Goalscorers
Tusker missing players
Gor Mahia missing players
| Tusker | Gor Mahia | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Scored | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 73% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 41% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 9% |
| 50% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 25% | 33% | 41% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 22% | 9% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | 8 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 03-04-19 | | Tusker | 1 - 1 | Western Stima |
| 06-04-19 | | Mathare United | 1 - 1 | Tusker |
| 11-04-19 | | Tusker | 1 - 0 | KCB |
| 14-04-19 | | Kariobangi Sharks | 0 - 2 | Tusker |
| 18-04-19 | | Tusker | 0 - 0 | SoNy Sugar |
| 27-04-19 | | Tusker | 13:15 | Gor Mahia |
| 01-05-19 | | Homeboyz | 12:15 | Tusker |
| 04-05-19 | | Tusker | 12:00 | Sofapaka |
| 08-05-19 | | Nakumatt | 12:00 | Tusker |
| 11-05-19 | | Tusker | 12:00 | Nzoia United |
| 07-04-19 | | Gor Mahia | 0 - 2 | RSB Berkane |
| 14-04-19 | | RSB Berkane | 5 - 1 | Gor Mahia |
| 19-04-19 | | Homeboyz | 1 - 1 | Gor Mahia |
| 21-04-19 | | Gor Mahia | 1 - 1 | Ulinzi Stars |
| 23-04-19 | | Gor Mahia | 1 - 0 | Bandari |
| 27-04-19 | | Tusker | 13:15 | Gor Mahia |
| 29-04-19 | | Ulinzi Stars | 12:00 | Gor Mahia |
| 02-05-19 | | Gor Mahia | 12:00 | KCB |
| 04-05-19 | | Western Stima | 13:00 | Gor Mahia |
| 08-05-19 | | Chemelil | 13:00 | Gor Mahia |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Gor Mahia | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Sofapaka | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Bandari | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Homeboyz | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Mathare United | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Tusker | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Ulinzi Stars | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | SoNy Sugar | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Kariobangi Sharks | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Leopards | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | KCB | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 12 | Nzoia United | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Chemelil | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Western Stima | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 27 |
| 15 | Posta Rangers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 16 | Vihiga United | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 17 | Zoo Kericho | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 20 |
| 18 | Nakumatt | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 15 |
