St. Sebastian Park: Murang'a SEAL vs Assad Super League full preview

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Competition: Kenya Super League
Competition: Wed 10.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Sebastian Park (1000 seats)

Murang'a SEAL are listed as probable winners of this home match vs Assad, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Murang'a SEAL is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League
  • Assad have yet to win a game away.

The hosts Murang'a SEAL saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Silibwet.

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Murang'a SEAL form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 11 Super League games here at St. Sebastian Park for Murang'a SEAL. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at St. Sebastian Park after three straight home wins.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.

The home team returns to St. Sebastian Park after drawing with Silibwet (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Murang'a SEAL won a home game hosting Kajiado (5-0).

It should be added that a glance at the 13 most recent league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Goals decide football matches and Murang'a are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. Defensively Murang'a SEAL have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Assad form and stats

Assad have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Super League, after 0-1-9 (10 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Assad have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Assad played 3-3 against MCF in their previous match. A bonkers game with lots of goals last time out for Assad, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this match be as refreshing?

Prior to that match, the Assad manager faced defeat when travelling to Darajani Gogo and losing 0-2.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Goals are few and far between in Assad's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 10 travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Assad, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Assad - Murang'a SEAL 1-2 was the score in these contenders' latest H2H match, played this season. Data for the former three meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Murang'a SEAL, zero draws and one win for Assad. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

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Assad missing players

Murang'a SEAL Assad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 22
12 7 3 Won W 0 0 6
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
2 0 0 Lost L 3 9 12
34 22 11 Scored S 0 3 25
12 3 1 Conceded C 6 23 38
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
65% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 77%
40% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 55%
25% 20% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 32%
15% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 23%
35% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 50%
55% 70% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 18%
25% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 41%
 
3.3 3.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.1 2.5
3.7 2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4 3.2
1.5 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.7 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 7.8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3 5.6 9.3
3.7 2.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.7 4.1
50% 88% 112% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 36%
 
5.5 4.3 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 8.7 9.4
1.8 0.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Assad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Assad have yet to win a game away.
  • Murang'a SEAL have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Murang'a SEAL have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Murang'a SEAL have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Assad have scored away.
  • Murang'a SEAL have the most points (27) at home in Super League
  • Murang'a SEAL have the most scored goals (24) at home in Super League
  • Murang'a SEAL have the the best goal difference (+21) at home in Super League
  • Murang'a SEAL is in the best form (4-2-0) in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shabana 23 16 3 4 38 11 10 7 2 1 20 5 13 9 1 3 18 6 27 51
2 Murang'a SEAL 21 13 6 2 34 12 11 8 3 0 24 3 10 5 3 2 12 9 22 42
3 Migori Youth 22 10 8 4 27 16 10 7 3 0 17 3 12 3 5 4 10 13 11 38
4 Gusii 24 11 4 9 36 23 12 6 3 3 18 10 12 5 1 6 18 13 13 37
5 Mara Sugar 21 11 4 6 25 20 11 8 2 1 16 5 10 3 2 5 9 15 5 37
6 Naivas 20 9 5 6 28 13 10 5 1 4 16 7 10 4 4 2 12 6 15 32
7 Darajani Gogo 22 9 5 8 28 23 12 7 2 3 20 7 10 2 3 5 8 16 5 32
8 Modern Coast Rangers 22 8 6 8 27 27 11 5 5 1 16 9 11 3 1 7 11 18 0 30
9 Kibera Black Stars 23 8 7 8 19 20 12 6 5 1 17 7 11 2 2 7 4 13 -1 28
10 Kisumu All Stars 22 7 8 7 24 20 10 6 2 2 19 6 12 1 6 5 7 14 4 26
11 MCF 21 6 8 7 18 15 9 4 2 3 12 6 12 2 6 4 6 9 3 26
12 Mwatate United 20 8 2 10 23 37 10 4 1 5 13 17 10 4 1 5 12 20 -14 23
13 Coast Stima 22 6 4 12 26 40 11 5 1 5 14 14 11 1 3 7 12 26 -14 22
14 Kajiado 23 7 2 14 23 47 13 5 2 6 14 18 10 2 0 8 13 29 -24 17
15 Assad 22 6 4 12 21 38 12 6 3 3 22 15 10 0 1 9 3 23 -17 16
16 Silibwet 23 2 8 13 9 34 11 1 6 4 5 8 12 1 2 9 6 26 -25 11
17 Vihiga United 21 4 6 11 14 50 11 3 2 6 15 28 10 1 4 5 7 22 -36 6
18 APS Bomet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Fortune Sacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0