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.
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.
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!
Head 2 Head
Big Bullets missing players
Simba missing players
| 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 |