Mathare United vs Kariobangi Sharks betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier League match on January 12th, 2025

A football match between Mathare United and Kariobangi Sharks of the Premier League will take place in Kenya on Sunday, January 12th, 2025, at 13:00h (UTC), check the Mathare United vs Kariobangi Sharks betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Mathare United vs Kariobangi Sharks will occur

The game takes place in the small Alexandra Stadium stadium, in the city of Crewe, with a capacity for 10153 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Mathare United vs Kariobangi Sharks betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Premier League has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.01 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.05 goals per game of the last championship.

Mathare United last match

The last match ended in a win for the Mathare United team. On that occasion they met Shabana for the Premier League, and the match ended 1-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 3.40.

Kariobangi Sharks last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the previous event. In a dispute valid for Premier League, Kariobangi Sharks faced the Gor Mahia team, and the score ended with a 1-0 for their rivals.

Before the match, it had already been stated that defeat was the most logical outcome. The most obvious indication was the odds for their vicorty, 4.33.

Mathare United vs Kariobangi Sharks h2h

The last time these two teams clashed was on 25-04-2023, in a match of the 2022/2023 season of the Premier League, and the match ended with a 1-2 win for Kariobangi Sharks.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

Mathare United

Premier League leaderboard now

Ranking in 11th place in the Premier League, Mathare United enters this match with 19 points, 5 wins, 6 losses, 4 draws. What’s more, it is saddled with a negative balance.

In the round, the team has the same points that the Mara Sugar team who occupies position 10.

Mathare United will try to use the home factor as an advantage to get a win. This, despite being in the middle of the league table in the Kenya Premier League and having no high aspirations or relegation concerns.

Mathare United analysis

Mathare United have a negative goal difference, having after -1 rounds conceded 18 goals to opponents and scored 10. An average to improve.

Recent performances have highlighted that Mathare United is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Mathare United is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 48.4%. In the next match against Kariobangi Sharks a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Mathare United will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Winning once playing away from home, the team has more positive results playing at home with 4 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.

Kariobangi Sharks

Premier League leaderboard now

Kariobangi Sharks arrives in this game with 18 points, and in 12th place in the Premier League, having won 4 games in total and lost 5 times, making a total of 6 draws.

In the round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Mathare United which is just above, in the 11th place.

Kariobangi Sharks analysis

After round -1 of Premier League we count 14 goals scored by Kariobangi Sharks and 14 conceded.

Recent games have demonstrated that Kariobangi Sharks is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

As we approach the Regular Season, Kariobangi Sharks is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 2.6 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

An average ball possession of 55.5% is what the Kariobangi Sharks team usually tries in their attempt to control the game. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% can typically exert some control over their opponents.

Team with a low scoring efficiency, the average goals scored do not exceed 0.93 per game. With a low score efficiency and playing away from home, this could be decisive for a bad result.

Kariobangi Sharks is a more offensive team than Mathare United, having 1658 attacks vs. 1419 from Mathare United, having scored 14 times, in comparison, Mathare United converted into goal 10 times.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Mathare United 0.75 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Kariobangi Sharks 0.38 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 3.57 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

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