It's time to decide the outcome of the CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round meeting between Simba and 1º de Agosto. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting 1º de Agosto have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 5-0-0 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as 1º de Agosto have to travel 4100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This promises to be an appealing match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Simba form and stats
Simba have not come this way in the CAF Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Big Bullets. Last season, Simba's CAF Champions League journey ended in the 2nd preliminary round against Galaxy.The story so far in the Ligi kuu Bara for Simba at their home stadium (Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. On the other hand, in the CAF Champions League, Simba has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Simba are confident in defense, having played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Simba are returning here after guesting 1º de Agosto in a CAF Champions League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Dodoma Jiji.Goals decide football matches and Simba are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 4 league matches. Simba have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
1º de Agosto form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Red Arrows in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Champions League. 1º de Agosto's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the 1st round against Kaizer Chiefs.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of 1º de Agosto playing as the away team in the Girabola this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Champions League stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a CAF Champions League home loss versus Simba with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Girabola victory against Onze Bravos with the score of 1-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, 1º de Agosto has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
1º de Agosto - Simba 1-3 was the end result in these participants' latest h2h match, played this season.
Simba missing players
1º de Agosto missing players
| Simba | 1º de Agosto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 31 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 61% | 81% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 44% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Namungo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Azam | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | KMC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Ruvu Shooting | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Mbeya City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Mtibwa Sugar | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Singida Big Stars | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Coastal Union | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Geita Gold | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Kagera Sugar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Dodoma Jiji | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Ihefu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Polisi Tanzania | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wiliete | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Sporting de Cabinda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Petro de Luanda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Recreativo do Libolo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 1º de Agosto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Interclube | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | CD Lunda-Sul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Academica do Lobito | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Isaac de Benguela | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Cubango | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Dragao | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Desportivo Huila | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Sporting de Benguela | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Onze Bravos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Santa Rita | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Sagrada Esperanca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
