Super League preview: Can Vihiga United edge out victory against Shabana?

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Competition: Kenya Super League
Competition: Wed 22.June
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mumias Sports Complex (5000 seats)

We have to say that both participants are doing all right, Shabana having a 10 point edge on Vihiga United in the league table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Shabana have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League

It's no vacation for neither Vihiga United nor Shabana as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Vihiga United form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Vihiga United have managed 8 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 15 games. Vihiga has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

Vihiga United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Murang'a SEAL (0-2). The result 0-2 has occurred to this team three league games in a row!

Preceding that match was the home game against Muhoroni Youth that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Vihiga United handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The Vihiga United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Vihiga have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shabana form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Super League, are W6-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super League. It’s been three wins in a row for Shabana on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Shabana's last game was the home draw against Migori Youth (0-0).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Assad.

We have checked recent matches where Shabana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Shabana, the Super League home match versus Kibera Black Stars. Busy days.

The visiting Shabana have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Shabana have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Shabana - Vihiga United 2-0 written in the official records. Vihiga United-Shabana H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Vihiga United one win, Shabana two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Vihiga United missing players

Shabana missing players

Vihiga United Shabana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 13 29
11 8 2 Won W 1 6 13
7 5 1 Drew D 2 2 8
12 2 1 Lost L 1 5 8
33 21 4 Scored S 3 14 33
34 12 4 Conceded C 2 14 26
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 90%
80% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 54% 66%
37% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 28%
7% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 14%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 7%
47% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 41%
27% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 46% 48%
30% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 21%
 
4.9 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 4.8
5 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.4
1.5 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
4.9 1.8 2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.7 9.8
2.1 1.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 3.6
61% 78% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 33%
 
5.6 1 2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 11.2 8.6
1.5 0.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 3.1
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Shabana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shabana have the most clean sheets (4) away 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 APS Bomet 30 18 6 6 39 21 15 9 4 2 22 9 15 9 2 4 17 12 18 60
2 Muhoroni Youth 31 15 9 7 41 28 16 11 3 2 26 11 15 4 6 5 15 17 13 54
3 Fortune Sacco 30 15 9 6 34 22 14 9 4 1 16 3 16 6 5 5 18 19 12 54
4 Naivas 31 13 10 8 39 29 16 10 4 2 22 6 15 3 6 6 17 23 10 49
5 MCF 30 12 11 7 42 33 15 6 6 3 22 14 15 6 5 4 20 19 9 47
6 Shabana 29 13 8 8 33 26 16 7 6 3 19 12 13 6 2 5 14 14 7 47
7 Kibera Black Stars 29 12 9 8 44 26 14 7 4 3 24 10 15 5 5 5 20 16 18 45
8 Modern Coast Rangers 31 13 5 13 32 33 16 8 3 5 21 17 15 5 2 8 11 16 -1 44
9 Murang'a SEAL 27 14 4 9 43 33 12 10 1 1 31 9 15 4 3 8 12 24 10 43
10 Zoo Kericho 28 11 8 9 44 36 15 7 3 5 21 15 13 4 5 4 23 21 8 41
11 Mara Sugar 31 9 10 12 42 40 16 4 7 5 25 19 15 5 3 7 17 21 2 37
12 Vihiga United 30 11 7 12 33 34 15 8 5 2 21 12 15 3 2 10 12 22 -1 37
13 Western Stima 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Migori Youth 31 9 9 13 37 42 15 8 3 4 19 13 16 1 6 9 18 29 -5 36
14 Kisumu All Stars 30 9 11 10 39 35 16 8 4 4 28 16 14 1 7 6 11 19 4 35
15 Assad 30 10 5 15 40 50 14 8 2 4 30 19 16 2 3 11 10 31 -10 35
16 Muhoroni Youth 6 1 2 3 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 -1 5
16 Silibwet 31 10 5 16 36 52 15 5 4 6 18 18 16 5 1 10 18 34 -16 35
17 Gusii 31 5 13 13 24 40 15 4 6 5 14 15 16 1 7 8 10 25 -16 28
18 Mwatate United 31 6 9 16 27 49 15 5 2 8 18 20 16 1 7 8 9 29 -22 27
19 Coast Stima 29 8 7 14 39 46 14 7 5 2 32 18 15 1 2 12 7 28 -7 19
20 Dandora Love 30 7 5 18 40 73 16 4 4 8 25 38 14 3 1 10 15 35 -33 14