It's CAF Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Big Bullets and Simba

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bingu National Stadium

The first of two encounters in the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round, as the hometeam Big Bullets will try to edge Simba in their own ballpark.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara game only three days ago.

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Big Bullets form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 1st preliminary round against AmaZulu.

Big Bullets have been outstanding at home so far in the Super League with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses.

Big Bullets's previous game was also played at home, ending 8-0 versus TN Stars. The home side are looking to build on that result. As mentioned above, Bullets "killed" TN Stars in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Be Forward Wanderers that finished 3-3.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Big Bullets is on fire here. A stunning 28 from 9 league matches. Big Bullets are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bingu National Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Simba form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round against Galaxy.

Simba's last game was the home draw against KMC (2-2).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Kagera Sugar in the Ligi kuu Bara.

Simba have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Ligi kuu Bara game vs Tanzania Prisons. A demanding timetable for them!

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Big Bullets missing players

Simba missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Big Bullets Simba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
18 9   Won W   1 13
5 2   Drew D   7 8
2 2   Lost L   4 4
54 33   Scored S   7 39
18 12   Conceded C   13 17
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 88%
72% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 72%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 40%
36% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 20%
20% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
48% 62%   BTTS BTTS   42% 32%
48% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 52%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   58% 28%
 
5.4 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.5
3.3 2.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.1
1.1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.6 13.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.7 6.6
5.1 7.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 2.3
37% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 63%
 
6.4 6.3   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 6.7
1.9 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Big Bullets 20 16 4 0 46 11 9 8 1 0 28 5 11 8 3 0 18 6 35 52
2 Blue eagles Malawi 19 11 7 1 21 6 9 5 4 0 10 2 10 6 3 1 11 4 15 40
3 MAFCO 21 11 4 6 37 20 11 6 2 3 21 10 10 5 2 3 16 10 17 37
4 Be Forward Wanderers 19 10 6 3 32 15 9 5 3 1 17 9 10 5 3 2 15 6 17 36
5 Silver Strikers 20 9 7 4 27 18 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 4 3 3 11 9 9 34
6 Kamuzu Barracks 19 9 7 3 25 16 9 5 3 1 13 7 10 4 4 2 12 9 9 34
7 Dedza Dynamos 19 9 4 6 23 21 10 5 2 3 12 12 9 4 2 3 11 9 2 31
8 Moyale Barracks 20 9 2 9 27 22 10 5 0 5 13 11 10 4 2 4 14 11 5 29
9 CIVO United 21 4 12 5 19 18 9 2 6 1 8 5 12 2 6 4 11 13 1 24
10 Karonga United 19 6 5 8 15 19 11 5 2 4 11 9 8 1 3 4 4 10 -4 23
11 Azam Tigers 22 6 5 11 15 30 11 5 1 5 11 11 11 1 4 6 4 19 -15 23
12 Red Lions 21 5 7 9 20 27 11 3 5 3 12 14 10 2 2 6 8 13 -7 22
13 Ekwendeni Hammers 22 2 10 10 19 32 10 2 5 3 8 9 12 0 5 7 11 23 -13 16
14 Sable Farming 18 3 6 9 17 25 10 2 4 4 11 13 8 1 2 5 6 12 -8 15
15 TN Stars 20 3 3 14 16 47 9 1 2 6 7 17 11 2 1 8 9 30 -31 12
16 Rumphi United 22 3 1 18 13 45 13 3 1 9 9 22 9 0 0 9 4 23 -32 10
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Simba 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
2 Mtibwa Sugar 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Young Africans 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Singida Big Stars 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
5 Azam 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
6 Mbeya City 3 1 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
7 Namungo 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Tanzania Prisons 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
9 Ruvu Shooting 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
10 Coastal Union 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 KMC 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2
12 Geita Gold 3 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 2
13 Polisi Tanzania 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Kagera Sugar 3 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
15 Dodoma Jiji 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Ihefu 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Simba 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7
2 Mtibwa Sugar 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
3 Young Africans 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Singida Big Stars 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
5 Azam 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
6 Mbeya City 3 1 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
7 Namungo 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
8 Tanzania Prisons 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
9 Ruvu Shooting 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
10 Coastal Union 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 KMC 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2
12 Geita Gold 3 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 2
13 Polisi Tanzania 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Kagera Sugar 3 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
15 Dodoma Jiji 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
16 Ihefu 3 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -4 0

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