Super League match preview: St. Joseph versus Talanta

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Competition: Kenya Super League
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)

Struggling St. Joseph will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Talanta in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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St. Joseph form and stats

The story so far for St. Joseph at their home stadium is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

The fans are hoping that St. Joseph will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Super League game against Nairobi Stima. In the match before that, St. Joseph hosted Administration Police and drew the game 1-1.

The St. Joseph fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Talanta form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Talanta, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Talanta play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ushuru. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Nairobi Stima.

Talanta has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 24 goals from 15 games. Talanta have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Talanta - St. Joseph 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. St. Joseph-Talanta H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: St. Joseph 0 wins, Talanta 0 wins, 1 draw.

St. Joseph missing players

Talanta missing players

St. Joseph Talanta
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played 4 15 31
6 5 0 Won 1 7 14
11 4 1 Drew 3 4 11
13 6 4 Lost 0 4 6
31 21 1 Scored 7 24 46
35 16 7 Conceded 6 18 34
90% 93% 80% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
70% 73% 40% Over 1.5 100% 80% 84%
27% 33% 20% Over 2.5 75% 60% 45%
17% 20% 20% Over 3.5 50% 40% 26%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 53% 20% BTTS 100% 67% 61%
20% 20% 20% Clean Sheets 0% 13% 23%
40% 33% 80% Failed To Score 0% 20% 19%
 
3.4 4.3 0 Corners For (avg) 5 2.5 4
2 2 0 Corners Against (avg) 8 7.5 6.6
1.4 1.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Talanta hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Talanta is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • St. Joseph is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

St. Joseph
17-04-19 SL Fortune Sacco 1 - 1 St. Joseph
21-04-19 SL St. Joseph 2 - 0 Green Commandos
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 12:00 Talanta
17-05-19 SL Ushuru 11:00 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
Talanta
17-04-19 SL Green Commandos 2 - 2 Talanta
21-04-19 SL Talanta 1 - 0 Thika United
26-04-19 SL Administration Police 1 - 3 Talanta
01-05-19 SL Talanta 0 - 2 Nairobi Stima
05-05-19 SL Ushuru 1 - 2 Talanta
11-05-19 SL St. Joseph 12:00 Talanta
18-05-19 SL Talanta 11:00 Nairobi City Stars
22-05-19 SL Kangemi Allstars 11:00 Talanta
27-05-19 SL Talanta 11:00 Migori Youth
01-06-19 SL Kibera Black Stars 13:15 Talanta

  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 31 20 4 7 53 27 15 10 3 2 26 15 16 10 1 5 27 12 26 64
2 Kisumu All Stars 31 17 10 4 48 27 15 11 3 1 27 11 16 6 7 3 21 16 21 61
3 Nairobi Stima 31 16 13 2 46 26 16 8 8 0 17 6 15 8 5 2 29 20 20 61
4 Ushuru 31 17 8 6 48 22 16 11 2 3 29 12 15 6 6 3 19 10 26 59
5 Police 31 15 9 7 47 40 15 9 4 2 25 17 16 6 5 5 22 23 7 54
6 Talanta 31 14 11 6 46 34 16 7 7 2 22 16 15 7 4 4 24 18 12 53
7 Bidco United 31 13 10 8 36 27 16 9 4 3 24 13 15 4 6 5 12 14 9 49
8 Shabana 31 13 8 10 40 29 15 7 5 3 25 13 16 6 3 7 15 16 11 47
9 Administration Police 30 9 16 5 50 39 16 7 6 3 33 23 14 2 10 2 17 16 11 43
10 Coast Stima 30 10 10 10 37 33 14 6 5 3 23 15 16 4 5 7 14 18 4 40
11 Eldoret Youth 30 9 11 10 30 35 15 7 7 1 19 11 15 2 4 9 11 24 -5 38
12 Fortune Sacco 31 8 12 11 50 52 15 4 5 6 19 21 16 4 7 5 31 31 -2 36
13 Modern Coast Rangers 30 10 5 15 30 43 14 8 2 4 19 13 16 2 3 11 11 30 -13 35
14 Thika United 30 8 8 14 32 49 16 4 5 7 17 25 14 4 3 7 15 24 -17 32
15 St. Joseph 30 6 11 13 31 35 15 5 4 6 21 16 15 1 7 7 10 19 -4 29
16 Nairobi City Stars 31 5 14 12 37 50 16 4 6 6 20 27 15 1 8 6 17 23 -13 29
17 Kibera Black Stars 30 5 13 12 32 39 15 1 7 7 15 23 15 4 6 5 17 16 -7 28
18 Kangemi Allstars 31 6 4 21 38 67 16 3 3 10 21 33 15 3 1 11 17 34 -29 22
19 Migori Youth 30 5 7 18 21 52 14 4 4 6 10 15 16 1 3 12 11 37 -31 22
20 Green Commandos 31 5 6 20 28 54 16 3 5 8 18 25 15 2 1 12 10 29 -26 21