Premier League match preview and statistics: Wazito fight Posta Rangers

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.July
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nairobi City Stadium (15000 seats)

With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Wazito fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Posta Rangers.

Insights:
  • Wazito have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Wazito have less rest than Posta Rangers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Nairobi City Stars, so at least Wazito are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Wazito's stadium, Nairobi City Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Posta Rangers have grass 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 Posta Rangers when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from nine matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 16.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Wazito form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Wazito at their home stadium (Nairobi City Stadium) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Wazito are returning here after visiting Nairobi City Stars in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.

Before that game, the home loss against Leopards with the scoreline 1-2.

The Wazito fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. From these home matches, Wazito have conceded only 9 goals.

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Posta Rangers form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Posta Rangers have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Posta Rangers are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Posta play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Mathare United (placed 17th).

A draw for Posta before that, at their own venue hosting Bidco United (0-0).

The attacking power of Posta when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Posta as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Posta Rangers - Wazito 0-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Wazito, three draws and two wins for Posta Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Wazito missing players

Posta Rangers missing players

Wazito Posta Rangers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 5
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 10
7 2 0 Lost L 1 2 6
19 14 5 Scored S 1 9 16
20 9 2 Conceded C 2 7 21
86% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 76%
52% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 57%
33% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 29%
14% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
38% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
33% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 43%
43% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 33%
 
4.8 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.9 4.5
3.7 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.5
2.1 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
6.9 6.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5.8 6.2
3.2 3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 3.1
30% 44% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 25%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wazito 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 22 14 5 3 39 18 11 7 3 1 13 6 11 7 2 2 26 12 21 47
2 KCB 22 14 4 4 29 14 11 9 0 2 15 6 11 5 4 2 14 8 15 46
3 Leopards 22 12 4 6 25 17 12 8 0 4 14 10 10 4 4 2 11 7 8 40
4 Gor Mahia 22 12 3 7 28 20 12 4 3 5 8 9 10 8 0 2 20 11 8 39
5 Kariobangi Sharks 22 10 4 8 28 27 10 3 3 4 12 11 12 7 1 4 16 16 1 34
6 Bandari 21 8 8 5 30 24 11 6 2 3 23 15 10 2 6 2 7 9 6 32
7 Nairobi City Stars 22 9 5 8 24 18 11 6 3 2 17 8 11 3 2 6 7 10 6 32
8 Wazito 21 8 6 7 19 20 10 5 3 2 14 9 11 3 3 5 5 11 -1 30
9 Homeboyz 21 8 4 9 25 22 10 4 3 3 12 6 11 4 1 6 13 16 3 28
10 Ulinzi Stars 21 6 10 5 17 15 11 5 4 2 12 9 10 1 6 3 5 6 2 28
11 Bidco United 21 6 9 6 17 19 11 4 3 4 10 12 10 2 6 2 7 7 -2 27
12 Sofapaka 22 7 6 9 23 27 10 4 4 2 16 11 12 3 2 7 7 16 -4 27
13 Posta Rangers 21 5 10 6 16 21 11 1 6 4 7 14 10 4 4 2 9 7 -5 25
14 Nzoia United 21 3 8 10 18 26 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 0 3 8 6 15 -8 17
15 Western Stima 22 3 7 12 21 39 10 1 3 6 9 18 12 2 4 6 12 21 -18 16
16 Vihiga United 21 3 6 12 9 26 11 1 3 7 4 13 10 2 3 5 5 13 -17 15
17 Mathare United 22 3 5 14 17 32 11 2 4 5 8 11 11 1 1 9 9 21 -15 14
18 Zoo Kericho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0