Ulinzi Stars vs Sofapaka match preview

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Afraha Stadium (8200 seats)

Ulinzi Stars and Sofapaka have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Ulinzi Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Sofapaka have yet to win a game away.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Ulinzi Stars form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Ulinzi Stars have to build on here at Afraha Stadium in the Premier League. Ulinzi haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Gor Mahia, 68 days ago. Two draws in a row at home now for Ulinzi.

The spoils were shared in Ulinzi Stars's previous game, also at home. Visiting Western Stima (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus KCB that ended 0-0.

Ulinzi has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively Ulinzi have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sofapaka form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Sofapaka have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.

A 1-1 draw at Vihiga United's stadium before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sofapaka as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Sofapaka struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ulinzi five wins, three draws and Sofapaka two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Ulinzi Stars missing players

Sofapaka missing players

Ulinzi Stars Sofapaka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 2 5 10
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
8 4 1 Drew D 0 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
7 6 2 Scored S 1 3 14
5 3 0 Conceded C 3 8 13
45% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
36% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 80%
18% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 50%
9% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
27% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 60%
64% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
64% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 0.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.1 11.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.6 8.3
2.6 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.9
19% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 19% 36%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sofapaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sofapaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sofapaka have yet to win a game away.
  • Sofapaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ulinzi Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ulinzi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Tusker 11 8 2 1 19 9 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 4 0 1 11 6 10 26
2 KCB 10 8 1 1 15 4 6 6 0 0 9 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 11 25
3 Wazito 11 6 2 3 11 10 5 4 1 0 8 3 6 2 1 3 3 7 1 20
4 Leopards 9 6 1 2 13 6 6 4 0 2 9 6 3 2 1 0 4 0 7 19
5 Kariobangi Sharks 11 5 3 3 18 15 6 2 2 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 8 7 3 18
6 Gor Mahia 9 5 1 3 17 10 6 3 1 2 8 4 3 2 0 1 9 6 7 16
7 Bandari 11 4 4 3 12 12 5 3 0 2 9 8 6 1 4 1 3 4 0 16
8 Ulinzi Stars 11 2 8 1 7 5 6 2 4 0 6 3 5 0 4 1 1 2 2 14
9 Sofapaka 10 4 2 4 14 13 5 4 0 1 11 5 5 0 2 3 3 8 1 14
10 Bidco United 12 3 5 4 8 10 5 1 2 2 3 5 7 2 3 2 5 5 -2 14
11 Homeboyz 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 2 5 1 0 4 4 9 -2 11
12 Nzoia United 11 2 5 4 9 12 5 2 3 0 6 4 6 0 2 4 3 8 -3 11
13 Nairobi City Stars 11 2 4 5 9 11 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 0 2 4 2 7 -2 10
14 Posta Rangers 11 1 7 3 7 11 5 0 4 1 2 5 6 1 3 2 5 6 -4 10
15 Vihiga United 11 2 3 6 6 11 5 1 1 3 3 5 6 1 2 3 3 6 -5 9
16 Mathare United 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 0 0 4 4 10 -3 8
17 Western Stima 11 1 4 6 12 22 4 0 1 3 4 10 7 1 3 3 8 12 -10 7
18 Zoo Kericho 8 0 2 6 4 15 4 0 2 2 3 6 4 0 0 4 1 9 -11 2

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