Talanta will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Ushuru.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Talanta form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Talanta are 3-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The Talanta crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Ushuru here in a Super League match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Migori Youth (0-2).
Talanta were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Talanta perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Talanta as a small favourite), we find one game. Talanta has won 0 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The Talanta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Talanta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ushuru form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ushuru, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Super League, in their Super League matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Ushuru, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Talanta (placed 8th) in the Super League last time out. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Vihiga United.
As mentioned above, Ushuru was the only team on the pitch versus Talanta in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ushuru playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were 1 Ushuru win, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Ushuru are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). The Ushuru defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 6 games).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Talanta - Ushuru 0-4 entered in the official records. Talanta-Ushuru H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Talanta 2 wins, Ushuru 1 win, 0 draws. 3 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Talanta missing players
Ushuru missing players
| Talanta | Ushuru | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 17% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 83% | 58% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 5 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 7.4 | 8.5 | 9 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Talanta have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Talanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Talanta have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Talanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Ushuru have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ushuru have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nairobi City Stars | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Bidco United | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | Vihiga United | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Nairobi Stima | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 5 | Migori Youth | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Ushuru | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 7 | Shabana | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Talanta | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Nakumatt | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Administration Police | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Murang'a SEAL | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Vihiga Bullets | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Coast Stima | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Police | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Fortune Sacco | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Modern Coast Rangers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | APS Bomet | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 18 | St. Joseph | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Kibera Black Stars | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 21 | Northern Wanderers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -27 | 0 |