Kenya Police vs Kakamega Homeboyz Prediction & Betting Tips - Kenyan Premier League

Prediction published on 04/01/2024, 07:00  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 05/01/2024 at 23:00 in Kenyan Premier League Prediction

Kenya Police will be looking to bounce back in the new year, when they host Kakamega Homeboyz in their first game of 2024. The hosts will start the year ranked 10th, six places behind Homeboyz. Police’s final engagements of 2023 were highlighted by the sacking of head coach Zdravko Logarusic. With the Croatian gone, attention shifts to on-pitch issues under the guidance of Salim Babu. The coach’s main agenda here will be to stop the run of three matches without a win. Most recently, they fell 1-0 to Tusker. That defeat came on the back of a 2-1 loss to KCB and a 1-1 draw with Muhoroni Youth. One positive for Police coming into this game is their scoring form. Apart from the loss to Tusker, they had scored in five consecutive games. Their last home match of 2023 ended in defeat, against KCB, and they’ll be targeting a winning start here.

Kakamega Homeboyz had a losing end to 2023, just like Kenya Police. Their target here will be to bounce back from two straight losses, the most recent a 1-0 reverse against Nairobi City Stars. That was the second straight game in which they failed to score, having earlier lost 2-0 to AFC Leopards. The last two matches point to Homeboyz’s weaknesses in attack. They failed to score more than a goal in four of their last five matches. While they’ve failed to score in three of their last 10 games, they’ve only managed more than a goal in three. Before the two losses Homeboyz bring to this game, they had gone on a run of six unbeaten matches, winning five. Like Police, they don’t take into this game a strong scoring run. Homeboyz have failed to score in two of four away matches. They scored more than once in just one of five away matches.