Third placed Ligi Ndogo Planets are at home to Sparkie Youth of Mombasa in their second last match of the first leg.The Planets complete their fixtures the next day,again at home to Magongo Rangers.
Sparkie Sakata
Sparkie Youth are one of the teams that were thrust into the limelight by the Safaricom sponsored Sakataball tournament.They made it to the coast regional tournament but were unfortunate to lose in the finals to Redeemed Boys.
Last year they participated in the Nationwide Division Two league and finished 6th behind Green Berets,Coast United,Gatundu Stars,Moyas and Kibera Celtic.They are currently placed 1st at number 9 among former D2 teams.
They are one of the 6 teams from the coast region and are currently third behind Bandari and Admiral.
In the national log,Sparkie lie 9th having played 16 matches,won 7 tied 2 and lost 7.
About Sparkie
They started the season well beating Magongo Rangers and Gatundu Stars,both by a solitary goal at home.They dropped their next 3 matches on the road at Sharks,AP and Strikers before coming back home to beat Kibera Celtic.They capped their biggest weekend with a home win over league favorites,Mahakama (4-0) and 2-1 on the road to Mathare Youth.
They lost to KRA in their next match and tied Admiral and Coast United.They lost 3-1 to Bandari but returned the favor replicating the score over Thola Glass.Moyas surprisingly beat them 1-0 at home,Bidco 3-1 on the road before returning home to beat Green Berets 2-0.
Sparkie so far
Sparkie have scored 22 goals and conceded 19.Only Sharks ,Admiral (32),Sharks (30),AP (24) and the Planets (23) have scored more goals.
Sparkie have won most of their points at home (19) and are surprisingly second after league leading Sharks (24). They have scored 16 goals and conceded 7 playing at home.Only AP (17) and Admiral (21) have scored more.The Planets are 4th with 18 points.
On the road Sparkie are dismal,having won only 4 points compared to the Planets' 12 (the Planets have played 2 more matches).They have scored 6 goals and concede 12.The Planets have scored 11 and conceded 8.Sparkie are placed 17th to the Planets' 4th.At 16,Nairobi Stima have the most points on the road.
The Planets have won 10 points in the last 5 games,to Sparkie's 6.They have won thrice and tied and lost one.The Planets scored 10 goals and conceded 5 in the process.Sparkie won 2 on the road and conceded 3,scoring 7 goals and conceding 8.
In their last 5 matches on the road,Sparkie are placed 15th with 4 points.The Planets are 4th with 11 points made at home.Sparkie have scored 5 and conceded 9 playing on the road.They have won and tied once and lost 3 times.The Planets have won 3 and tied 2 of their last five matches at home,while scoring 7 and conceding 3.At 15,Sharks have the most points at home in the last 5 matches.Nairobi Stima have the most points on the road (10).
The Planets are highly favored to win this one after slipping last week against Mathare Youth to enhance their chances for promotion next season.
Planet Starters and Subs
Samuel Njau is back in goal for his fourth match this season as a starter.Jaswel Ngugi gets the nod ahead of Benjamin Kipruto at central defense,in the absence of premier bound Harry Gentle.Douglas Simiyu impressed in 37 minutes coming in against Mathare Youth and is starting in place of Brillian Ochieng.
William Otieno and Thomas Lugera are new introductions to the bench.Former Admiral,Lugera replaces Charmant Chihuguyu who is nursing a hamstring strain.
Samuel Njau (GK),Bobby Ogolla,Jeremiah Bright,Jaswel Ngugi,Salim Abdalla,Ekene Umekwe,Samuel Machio,Douglas Simiyu,Sven Yida,Tom Murila,Vincent Okoth.
Charles Ouma (GK),Benjamin Kipruto,Brillian Ochieng,Victor Muchina,Marvin Onyango,William Otieno,Thomas Lugera
Comparison of the last six games
(latest game is on the right side)
Planets
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W
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L
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W
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W
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W
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D
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Sparkie
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D
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L
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W
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L
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L
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W
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Scored goals last six games
Planets
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2
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1
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3
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4
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1
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1
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Sparkie
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0
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1
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3
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0
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1
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2
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Opponenets scored last six
Planets
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0
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2
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2
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0
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0
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1
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Sparkie
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0
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3
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1
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1
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3
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0
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Performance last six games
Team
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W(H)
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W(A)
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D(H)
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D(A)
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L(H)
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L(A)
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Planets
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2
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2
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1
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0
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0
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1
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Sparkie
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2
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0
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0
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1
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1
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2
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