Match preview Premier League: Zoo Kericho - Homeboyz at Kericho Green Stadium

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Sun 26.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kericho Green Stadium (3000 seats)

The visiting Homeboyz side should be favourites in this visit to Zoo Kericho, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Zoo Kericho and Homeboyz.

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Zoo Kericho form and stats

Zoo Kericho have played 16 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). Zoo Kericho has recorded two wins in a row here at Kericho Green Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Zoo Kericho manager and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Tusker in the Premier League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bandari (0-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Zoo Kericho as they are travelling to their away game against KCB in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Zoo Kericho aren't scoring a lot here at Kericho Green Stadium with only 14 goals from 16 games. Zoo Kericho's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Homeboyz form and stats

6-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Homeboyz in their matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gor Mahia game have they lost an away game, meaning Homeboyz has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus SoNy Sugar with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Posta Rangers.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Homeboyz manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sofapaka.

Homeboyz find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Homeboyz as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Homeboyz - Zoo Kericho 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Zoo Kericho 2 wins, 3 draws and Homeboyz 0 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Zoo Kericho missing players

Homeboyz missing players

Zoo Kericho Homeboyz
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played 5 15 32
6 6 0 Won 2 6 14
11 5 2 Drew 2 5 10
15 5 3 Lost 1 4 8
25 14 0 Scored 8 22 45
45 16 7 Conceded 2 12 26
88% 81% 60% Over 0.5 60% 80% 91%
66% 50% 40% Over 1.5 40% 67% 69%
38% 31% 20% Over 2.5 40% 47% 41%
22% 19% 20% Over 3.5 20% 13% 12%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 20% 13% 6%
44% 31% 0% BTTS 20% 47% 44%
25% 44% 40% Clean Sheets 80% 53% 47%
44% 44% 100% Failed To Score 40% 20% 19%
 
4.5 4.9 6.2 Corners For (avg) 4.8 3.6 4.3
5.2 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) 4.6 5.7 5.6
1.2 1.2 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.8 1.4 1.4
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Homeboyz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Zoo Kericho
All Premier League
All Home Away
28-04-19 PL Zoo Kericho 2 - 3 Nakumatt
01-05-19 PL Mathare United 3 - 1 Zoo Kericho
05-05-19 PL Zoo Kericho 0 - 0 SoNy Sugar
08-05-19 PL Leopards 1 - 1 Zoo Kericho
12-05-19 PL Zoo Kericho 2 - 1 Ulinzi Stars
15-05-19 PL Zoo Kericho 2 - 1 Western Stima
19-05-19 PL Bandari 3 - 0 Zoo Kericho
23-05-19 PL Tusker 2 - 2 Zoo Kericho
26-05-19 PL Zoo Kericho 12:00 Homeboyz
29-05-19 PL KCB 12:00 Zoo Kericho
Homeboyz
All Premier League
All Home Away
22-04-19 PL Homeboyz 1 - 0 Nakumatt
27-04-19 PL KCB 1 - 1 Homeboyz
01-05-19 PL Homeboyz 0 - 3 Tusker
05-05-19 PL Kariobangi Sharks 0 - 3 Homeboyz
09-05-19 PL Nzoia United 0 - 2 Homeboyz
12-05-19 PL Homeboyz 2 - 0 Western Stima
18-05-19 PL Posta Rangers 0 - 0 Homeboyz
22-05-19 PL Homeboyz 1 - 2 SoNy Sugar
26-05-19 PL Zoo Kericho 12:00 Homeboyz
29-05-19 PL Sofapaka 12:00 Homeboyz

  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 32 21 7 4 55 22 16 12 4 0 32 11 16 9 3 4 23 11 33 70
2 Bandari 32 18 8 6 43 27 16 13 2 1 30 11 16 5 6 5 13 16 16 62
3 Sofapaka 32 15 13 4 48 30 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 9 6 1 26 13 18 58
4 SoNy Sugar 32 16 7 9 41 27 16 9 4 3 24 11 16 7 3 6 17 16 14 55
5 Homeboyz 32 14 10 8 45 26 17 8 5 4 23 14 15 6 5 4 22 12 19 52
6 Tusker 32 13 11 8 45 31 16 5 7 4 21 17 16 8 4 4 24 14 14 50
7 Mathare United 31 12 12 7 45 33 16 8 5 3 27 19 15 4 7 4 16 14 12 48
8 KCB 32 11 10 11 34 32 15 5 6 4 14 12 17 6 4 7 20 20 2 43
9 Leopards 32 11 9 12 33 37 16 5 5 6 16 17 16 6 4 6 17 20 -4 42
10 Ulinzi Stars 32 9 14 9 30 30 16 6 7 3 19 14 16 3 7 6 11 16 0 41
11 Kariobangi Sharks 32 8 15 9 33 37 15 6 4 5 16 16 17 2 11 4 17 21 -4 39
12 Nzoia United 32 9 10 13 29 34 16 6 5 5 12 14 16 3 5 8 17 20 -5 37
13 Western Stima 32 7 14 11 25 36 16 4 7 5 12 17 16 3 7 6 13 19 -11 35
14 Posta Rangers 32 7 10 15 26 33 16 3 6 7 14 15 16 4 4 8 12 18 -7 31
15 Chemelil 32 7 10 15 26 40 15 3 7 5 12 15 17 4 3 10 14 25 -14 31
16 Zoo Kericho 32 6 11 15 25 45 16 6 5 5 14 16 16 0 6 10 11 29 -20 29
17 Vihiga United 32 4 14 14 26 42 16 3 6 7 14 20 16 1 8 7 12 22 -16 26
18 Nakumatt 31 5 3 23 31 78 17 3 2 12 17 43 14 2 1 11 14 33 -47 18

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