Premier League prediction and preview: Ulinzi Stars modest favorites to beat Leopards

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Afraha Stadium (8200 seats)

The Ulinzi Stars & Leopards managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.

Ulinzi Stars and Leopards should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ulinzi Stars form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Afraha Stadium as Ulinzi Stars, who have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League, have scored 16 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-4-0 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Ulinzi Stars tasted defeat here at Afraha Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games. Ulinzi Stars haven’t lost a game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Mathare United, 134 days ago.

Ulinzi Stars drew their last game, 1-1 away at Tusker (placed 3rd). Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Western Stima.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ulinzi Stars handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wone-Dtwo-Lone.

A decent goal production from Ulinzi Stars in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Ulinzi Stars have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leopards form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leopards have produced an overall stat of 4-3-3 so far.

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. Leopards goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two travels in a row for Leopards, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Kisumu All Stars. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Wazito.

Leopards are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and one defeat. From a total of six matches.

Leopards are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Leopards have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Leopards - Ulinzi Stars 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ulinzi Stars won five, Leopards won two and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Ulinzi Stars missing players

Leopards missing players

Ulinzi Stars Leopards
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 10 19
10 6 1 Won W 0 4 9
8 4 2 Drew D 1 3 7
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 3
30 16 3 Scored S 1 13 28
12 6 2 Conceded C 5 12 14
74% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 79%
58% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 63%
37% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 42%
32% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 26%
16% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 11%
42% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 37%
58% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 58%
26% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 26%
 
5.3 6.6 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 6.7 4.4 3.6
3.8 4.4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.8 3.8
1.6 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
189 106 31 Total Shots T S 16 64 120
70 42 11 Shots on Target S O 2 20 44
37% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 65% 57%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leopards have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Ulinzi Stars has the most clean sheets (11)
  • Ulinzi Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ulinzi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ulinzi Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ulinzi Stars have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 17 13 2 2 35 9 9 7 1 1 20 6 8 6 1 1 15 3 26 41
2 KCB 19 12 5 2 35 14 10 8 2 0 20 7 9 4 3 2 15 7 21 41
3 Tusker 19 12 5 2 37 18 9 5 4 0 15 7 10 7 1 2 22 11 19 41
4 Homeboyz 18 12 3 3 34 20 8 6 1 1 16 6 10 6 2 2 18 14 14 39
5 Ulinzi Stars 19 10 8 1 30 12 10 6 4 0 16 6 9 4 4 1 14 6 18 38
6 Leopards 19 9 7 3 28 14 9 5 4 0 15 2 10 4 3 3 13 12 14 34
7 Western Stima 18 8 7 3 28 21 8 4 4 0 12 5 10 4 3 3 16 16 7 31
8 Posta Rangers 19 7 8 4 25 18 10 3 4 3 11 8 9 4 4 1 14 10 7 29
9 Mathare United 18 7 7 4 26 21 9 3 4 2 12 9 9 4 3 2 14 12 5 28
10 Sofapaka 18 7 5 6 29 24 9 6 1 2 20 11 9 1 4 4 9 13 5 26
11 Bandari 19 6 4 9 21 23 8 4 2 2 15 10 11 2 2 7 6 13 -2 22
12 Zoo Kericho 19 5 3 11 21 31 10 4 2 4 14 11 9 1 1 7 7 20 -10 18
13 Wazito 19 3 5 11 20 29 9 2 2 5 13 14 10 1 3 6 7 15 -9 14
14 Kariobangi Sharks 18 2 7 9 18 30 10 1 3 6 12 21 8 1 4 3 6 9 -12 13
15 Nzoia United 19 2 5 12 16 34 10 1 3 6 8 16 9 1 2 6 8 18 -18 11
16 Kisumu All Stars 19 2 3 14 8 34 10 2 0 8 5 17 9 0 3 6 3 17 -26 9
17 Chemelil 19 1 3 15 9 55 10 0 2 8 6 30 9 1 1 7 3 25 -46 6
18 SoNy Sugar 10 1 1 8 9 22 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 1 0 4 6 12 -13 4

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