This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Vipers at St. Mary's Stadium when the CAF Champions League tournament arrives in town and Simba with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Simba, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vipers form and stats
Vipers was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the CAF Champions League. Al Hilal Omdurman was too strong.Vipers have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. 2W-3D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the CAF Champions League for Vipers.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 236 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cromwell was the last player to find the net.
Vipers drew their last game, also a home match. Wakiso Giants was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
A 0-0 result against Horoya before that, played at their own home stadium in the CAF Champions League.
The manager Pelliser will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arua Hill in only four days.
Vipers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Simba form and stats
Simba's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the 2nd preliminary round against Galaxy.Simba's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Simba collect 25 points from their 12 away matches in the Ligi kuu Bara. 7 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Total CAF Champions League statistics for Simba: 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Simba's last game was the home draw against Azam (1-1).
The match earlier was the CAF Champions League-battle against Raja Casablanca, a home defeat (0-3).
Simba are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Vipers missing players
Simba missing players
| Vipers | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 27 | Scored | S | 28 | 55 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 72% | 86% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 50% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Horoya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Vipers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 4 | Simba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | KCCA | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | BUL | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Vipers | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Wakiso Giants | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | SC Villa | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Arua Hill | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Gadafi | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Bright Stars | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Express FC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Maroons | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | URA | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 12 | Bukedea | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 12 |
| 13 | Jinja SSS | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -17 | 12 |
| 14 | UPDF | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -15 | 12 |
| 15 | Onduparaka | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 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 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 32 | 62 |
| 2 | Simba | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 41 | 54 |
| 3 | Azam | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 44 |
| 4 | Singida Big Stars | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 5 | Geita Gold | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Namungo | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 8 | Mtibwa Sugar | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | Ihefu | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Mbeya City | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 24 |
| 12 | KMC | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Coastal Union | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | Polisi Tanzania | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 16 | Ruvu Shooting | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 17 |
