Premier League match preview and statistics: Zoo Kericho fight Homeboyz

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Competition: Kenya Premier League
Date: Wed 08.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Green Stadium (3000 seats)

Zoo Kericho will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Homeboyz.

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

When playing at home in the Premier League, Zoo Kericho have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. Zoo Kericho has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players. It’s been three wins in a row for Zoo Kericho here at Green Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The fans are hoping that Zoo Kericho will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Premier League game against Leopards (placed 6th). Prior to that, an away loss at Ulinzi Stars.

A decent goal production from Zoo Kericho in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Zoo Kericho have conceded only 6 goals.

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Homeboyz form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Homeboyz playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Homeboyz are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Premier League against Kisumu All Stars (placed 16th). Before that, Homeboyz travelled to Ulinzi Stars and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As mentioned above, Homeboyz was the only team on the pitch versus Kisumu All Stars in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

A quick return to home after this game, as Homeboyz are hosting Gor Mahia in the Premier League only four days away.

Homeboyz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Homeboyz have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Zoo Kericho 3 wins, 3 draws and Homeboyz 0 victories. As for goals, 3 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 vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 8 15
5 4 0 Won W 1 4 9
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
9 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
18 11 1 Scored S 4 15 29
26 6 2 Conceded C 2 13 18
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 87%
67% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 88% 73%
33% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 7%
53% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 60%
27% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 7%
 
3.2 4.3 7 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.9 5.3
5.1 4.3 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 3 4.2
1.3 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
83 45 8 Total Shots T S 30 66 139
38 23 3 Shots on Target S O 13 29 61
37% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 52% 48%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Homeboyz's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Homeboyz has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
  • Homeboyz have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Homeboyz have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Homeboyz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Homeboyz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zoo Kericho 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 Tusker 16 10 4 2 32 16 7 4 3 0 12 6 9 6 1 2 20 10 16 34
2 Gor Mahia 13 10 2 1 25 6 7 5 1 1 15 5 6 5 1 0 10 1 19 32
3 Ulinzi Stars 16 8 7 1 25 9 8 4 4 0 12 4 8 4 3 1 13 5 16 31
4 Homeboyz 15 9 3 3 29 18 7 5 1 1 14 5 8 4 2 2 15 13 11 30
5 KCB 15 8 5 2 25 11 8 6 2 0 15 5 7 2 3 2 10 6 14 29
6 Leopards 16 7 7 2 23 12 8 4 4 0 13 2 8 3 3 2 10 10 11 28
7 Western Stima 14 7 6 1 22 13 6 3 3 0 9 3 8 4 3 1 13 10 9 27
8 Mathare United 15 6 6 3 21 16 8 2 4 2 10 8 7 4 2 1 11 8 5 24
9 Sofapaka 14 6 4 4 22 18 8 5 1 2 16 10 6 1 3 2 6 8 4 22
10 Bandari 15 6 3 6 19 16 7 4 2 1 14 8 8 2 1 5 5 8 3 21
11 Posta Rangers 15 4 7 4 17 16 8 2 3 3 8 6 7 2 4 1 9 10 1 19
12 Zoo Kericho 15 5 1 9 18 26 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 0 7 7 20 -8 16
13 Wazito 16 3 5 8 20 23 8 2 2 4 13 11 8 1 3 4 7 12 -3 14
14 Kariobangi Sharks 15 1 7 7 15 26 8 0 3 5 10 19 7 1 4 2 5 7 -11 10
15 Nzoia United 16 2 4 10 15 29 8 1 2 5 8 15 8 1 2 5 7 14 -14 10
16 Kisumu All Stars 16 2 3 11 8 28 8 2 0 6 5 13 8 0 3 5 3 15 -20 9
17 SoNy Sugar 10 1 1 8 9 22 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 1 0 4 6 12 -13 4
18 Chemelil 14 0 1 13 6 46 7 0 1 6 5 22 7 0 0 7 1 24 -40 1