Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round between Simba and Big Bullets. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Tanzania Prisons.
Simba form and stats
Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round against Galaxy.Seven points from three Ligi kuu Bara home games is a great start for Simba, who are hoping to build on that form here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium.
A strong away win for Simba against Tanzania Prisons the last match.
Before that game, a nice away win at Big Bullets. A CAF Champions League game. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Simba home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 13 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 11 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Simba manager Mgunda has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Simba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Big Bullets form and stats
Big Bullets was sent out of CAF Champions League in the 1st preliminary round last season, when AmaZulu turned out to be too strong.Big Bullets's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Big Bullets collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Super League. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a CAF Champions League home defeat versus Simba with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 8-0 vs TN Stars.Bullets has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The former head to head encounter ended Big Bullets - Simba 0-2, played this season.
Simba missing players
Big Bullets missing players
| Simba | Big Bullets | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 41 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 61% | 82% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 37% | ||
| 5.8 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 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 | Young Africans | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Simba | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Namungo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Azam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Singida Big Stars | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Mtibwa Sugar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Mbeya City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ruvu Shooting | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -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 | Polisi Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Geita Gold | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Dodoma Jiji | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Kagera Sugar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Ihefu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Kamuzu Barracks | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | MAFCO | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Silver Strikers | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| 6 | Be Forward Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 34 |
| 7 | Moyale Barracks | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 8 | Dedza Dynamos | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | CIVO United | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Karonga United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Azam Tigers | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 24 |
| 12 | Red Lions | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Ekwendeni Hammers | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 19 |
| 14 | Sable Farming | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | TN Stars | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | -33 | 12 |
| 16 | Rumphi United | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 23 | -32 | 10 |
