Football betting preview: Nairobi City Stars vs St. Joseph

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Competition: Kenya Super League
Date: Wed 22.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 15th place.

The hosts Nairobi City Stars 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 Talanta.

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Nairobi City Stars form and stats

4-6-7 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Nairobi City Stars so far this season.

Nairobi City Stars manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Talanta in the Super League. Preceding that match was the home game against Nairobi Stima that was lost 0-1.

Nairobi City Stars are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 20 goals in 17 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nairobi City Stars defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 17 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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St. Joseph form and stats

There's been little loot from St. Joseph's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games. St. Joseph only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 7 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved St. Joseph have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Green Commandos game.

Two away games in a row for St. Joseph, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Ushuru in the Super League. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Talanta.

A quick return to home after this game, as St. Joseph are hosting Kangemi Allstars in the Super League only four days away.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, St. Joseph have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result St. Joseph - Nairobi City Stars 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 Nairobi City Stars victories, 0 draws and 1 St. Joseph win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Nairobi City Stars missing players

St. Joseph missing players

Nairobi City Stars St. Joseph
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played 4 16 32
5 4 1 Won 1 1 7
15 6 1 Drew 2 7 11
13 7 2 Lost 1 8 14
38 20 4 Scored 4 11 34
52 28 6 Conceded 4 21 37
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 88% 91%
82% 82% 75% Over 1.5 75% 69% 72%
45% 47% 50% Over 2.5 25% 25% 28%
27% 24% 25% Over 3.5 0% 12% 16%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 6%
76% 71% 75% BTTS 75% 50% 50%
6% 12% 25% Clean Sheets 25% 19% 22%
21% 24% 0% Failed To Score 0% 44% 38%
 
4.4 5 7 Corners For (avg) 1 2.3 3.6
3 1.8 1 Corners Against (avg) 2 3.3 3.1
1.4 1.2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.7 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Nairobi City Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nairobi City Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • St. Joseph have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Nairobi City Stars
All Premier League Super League
All Home Away
27-04-19 SL Green Commandos 1 - 2 Nairobi City Stars
01-05-19 SL Nairobi City Stars 1 - 1 Thika United
06-05-19 SL Administration Police 2 - 2 Nairobi City Stars
11-05-19 SL Nairobi City Stars 0 - 1 Nairobi Stima
18-05-19 SL Talanta 1 - 1 Nairobi City Stars
22-05-19 SL Nairobi City Stars 11:00 St. Joseph
27-05-19 SL Ushuru 13:15 Nairobi City Stars
01-06-19 SL Kangemi Allstars 11:00 Nairobi City Stars
05-06-19 SL Nairobi City Stars 12:00 Migori Youth
09-06-19 SL Kibera Black Stars 11:00 Nairobi City Stars
St. Joseph
All Super League
All Home Away
27-04-19 SL Thika United 2 - 1 St. Joseph
01-05-19 SL St. Joseph 1 - 1 Administration Police
05-05-19 SL Nairobi Stima 1 - 0 St. Joseph
11-05-19 SL St. Joseph 2 - 0 Talanta
17-05-19 SL Ushuru 2 - 1 St. Joseph
22-05-19 SL Nairobi City Stars 11:00 St. Joseph
26-05-19 SL St. Joseph 12:00 Kangemi Allstars
01-06-19 SL Migori Youth 12:00 St. Joseph
05-06-19 SL St. Joseph 12:00 Kibera Black Stars
09-06-19 SL Wazito 11:00 St. Joseph

  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 Wazito 33 22 4 7 61 27 16 11 3 2 32 15 17 11 1 5 29 12 34 70
2 Nairobi Stima 33 18 13 2 50 28 17 9 8 0 20 8 16 9 5 2 30 20 22 67
3 Kisumu All Stars 33 18 11 4 49 27 17 12 4 1 28 11 16 6 7 3 21 16 22 65
4 Ushuru 32 17 9 6 50 23 16 11 2 3 29 12 16 6 7 3 19 10 27 60
5 Police 33 17 9 7 53 43 16 10 4 2 29 20 17 7 5 5 24 23 10 60
6 Bidco United 33 15 10 8 43 30 17 10 4 3 27 13 16 5 6 5 16 17 13 55
7 Talanta 33 14 12 7 47 37 17 7 8 2 23 17 16 7 4 5 24 20 10 54
8 Shabana 33 14 8 11 46 34 16 8 5 3 28 14 17 6 3 8 18 20 12 50
9 Administration Police 32 10 17 5 51 39 17 7 7 3 33 23 15 3 10 2 18 16 12 47
10 Coast Stima 32 10 10 12 40 38 15 6 5 4 26 19 17 4 5 8 14 19 2 40
11 Eldoret Youth 32 9 11 12 31 40 16 7 7 2 19 13 16 2 4 10 12 27 -9 38
12 Modern Coast Rangers 32 11 5 16 33 47 15 9 2 4 22 14 17 2 3 12 11 33 -14 38
13 Fortune Sacco 33 8 12 13 51 57 16 4 5 7 19 23 17 4 7 6 32 34 -6 36
14 Kibera Black Stars 32 7 13 12 35 40 16 2 7 7 16 23 16 5 6 5 19 17 -5 34
15 St. Joseph 31 7 11 13 34 37 16 6 4 6 23 16 15 1 7 7 10 19 -3 32
16 Thika United 32 8 8 16 33 53 17 4 5 8 18 27 15 4 3 8 15 26 -20 32
17 Nairobi City Stars 33 5 15 13 38 52 17 4 6 7 20 28 16 1 9 6 18 24 -14 30
18 Migori Youth 32 6 8 18 23 52 15 5 4 6 12 15 17 1 4 12 11 37 -29 26
19 Kangemi Allstars 33 6 4 23 40 71 17 3 3 11 21 34 16 3 1 12 19 37 -31 22
20 Green Commandos 33 5 6 22 28 61 16 3 5 8 18 25 17 2 1 14 10 36 -33 21

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