Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Tusker and Sofapaka

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ruaraka Stadium (1000 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Premier League so far, with Tusker placed 12th and Sofapaka sitting in the 6th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Tusker form and stats

The first Premier League game here at Ruaraka Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Tusker's home game statistics were 6 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats from 17 games.

Happy days for Tusker in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Zoo Kericho (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. In the match before that, Tusker hosted Mathare United and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tusker have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

Tusker has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sofapaka form and stats

One match played away so far in the Premier League for Sofapaka and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss from 17 games.

The supporters enjoyed Sofapaka's previous game versus Chemelil (placed 18th), a Premier League 4-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ulinzi Stars that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Sofapaka in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sofapaka, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It's early days yet, but Sofapaka has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Tusker victories, 3 draws and 3 Sofapaka wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Tusker missing players

Sofapaka missing players

Tusker Sofapaka
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 1 1 Scored S 0 0 5
7 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 33%
 
3.7 1 1 Corners For (avg) C F 8 8 7.7
5.7 7 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 5
1.3 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Tusker Last season Sofapaka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
15 6   Won W   9 16
11 7   Drew D   7 14
8 4   Lost L   1 4
49 23   Scored S   26 50
32 18   Conceded C   13 30
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
76% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 68%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
21% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
32% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 44%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   12% 18%
 
3.9 4   Corners For (avg) C F   5.4 5.5
4.8 3.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   3.8 3.9
1.6 1.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
2 1   Red Cards R C   2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Tusker have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Tusker
All Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
26-05-19 PL Leopards 0 - 2 Tusker
29-05-19 PL Tusker 2 - 1 Posta Rangers
31-08-19 PL Gor Mahia 5 - 2 Tusker
14-09-19 PL Tusker 1 - 1 Mathare United
22-09-19 PL Zoo Kericho 1 - 2 Tusker
28-09-19 PL Tusker 11:00 Sofapaka
06-10-19 PL Homeboyz 12:00 Tusker
19-10-19 PL Tusker 12:00 SoNy Sugar
26-10-19 PL Ulinzi Stars 12:00 Tusker
02-11-19 PL Tusker 12:00 Nzoia United
Sofapaka
All Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
26-05-19 PL Bandari 0 - 0 Sofapaka
29-05-19 PL Sofapaka 2 - 0 Homeboyz
30-08-19 PL Sofapaka 1 - 2 Posta Rangers
14-09-19 PL Ulinzi Stars 0 - 0 Sofapaka
22-09-19 PL Sofapaka 4 - 0 Chemelil
28-09-19 PL Tusker 11:00 Sofapaka
06-10-19 PL Sofapaka 11:00 Bandari
19-10-19 PL Nzoia United 12:00 Sofapaka
26-10-19 PL Sofapaka 13:15 Leopards
03-11-19 PL Homeboyz 12:00 Sofapaka

  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 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
2 Bandari 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
3 Gor Mahia 2 2 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
4 Mathare United 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
5 Western Stima 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 5
6 Sofapaka 3 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
7 KCB 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 4
8 Nzoia United 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 4
9 Ulinzi Stars 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4
10 Posta Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Leopards 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
12 Tusker 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 4
13 Zoo Kericho 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 SoNy Sugar 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
15 Wazito 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Kariobangi Sharks 3 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Kisumu All Stars 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
18 Chemelil 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gor Mahia 34 21 9 4 58 25 17 12 5 0 34 13 17 9 4 4 24 12 33 72
2 Bandari 34 18 10 6 45 29 17 13 3 1 30 11 17 5 7 5 15 18 16 64
3 Sofapaka 34 16 14 4 50 30 17 7 7 3 24 17 17 9 7 1 26 13 20 62
4 Tusker 34 15 11 8 49 32 17 6 7 4 23 18 17 9 4 4 26 14 17 56
5 SoNy Sugar 34 16 8 10 41 28 17 9 5 3 24 11 17 7 3 7 17 17 13 56
6 Homeboyz 34 14 10 10 47 31 17 8 5 4 23 14 17 6 5 6 24 17 16 52
7 Mathare United 33 13 13 7 48 35 16 8 5 3 27 19 17 5 8 4 19 16 13 52
8 Ulinzi Stars 34 10 15 9 36 32 17 7 7 3 23 14 17 3 8 6 13 18 4 45
9 Kariobangi Sharks 34 10 15 9 40 37 17 8 4 5 23 16 17 2 11 4 17 21 3 45
10 KCB 34 11 12 11 38 36 17 5 8 4 18 16 17 6 4 7 20 20 2 45
11 Leopards 34 11 10 13 33 39 17 5 5 7 16 19 17 6 5 6 17 20 -6 43
12 Nzoia United 34 9 12 13 31 36 17 6 6 5 14 16 17 3 6 8 17 20 -5 39
13 Western Stima 34 8 15 11 27 37 17 4 8 5 12 17 17 4 7 6 15 20 -10 39
14 Chemelil 34 8 10 16 27 41 17 4 7 6 13 16 17 4 3 10 14 25 -14 34
15 Zoo Kericho 34 7 12 15 30 49 17 7 5 5 17 18 17 0 7 10 13 31 -19 33
16 Posta Rangers 34 7 11 16 28 36 17 3 7 7 15 16 17 4 4 9 13 20 -8 32
17 Vihiga United 34 4 14 16 27 48 17 3 6 8 15 22 17 1 8 8 12 26 -21 26
18 Nakumatt 33 5 3 25 31 85 17 3 2 12 17 43 16 2 1 13 14 40 -54 18

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