This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Simba at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium when the CAF Confederations Cup tournament arrives in town and ASEC Mimosas with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Simba form and stats
This stadium, Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, has been a fortress for Simba in the Ligi kuu Bara so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-2-0.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Aishi Manula not having conceded a league goal in 198 minutes.
The Simba regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mbeya Kwanza and win 1-0.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Tanzania Prisons.As for guarding their own goal, Simba have only let in 2 goals at home.
ASEC Mimosas form and stats
ASEC Mimosas's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the group stage.ASEC Mimosas are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Ligue 1.
Two trips in a row for ASEC Mimosas, whose manager Chevalier could celebrate last time after the win against San-Pedro.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Abengourou.Mimosas are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Simba missing players
ASEC Mimosas missing players
| Simba | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 68% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 42% | ||
| 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 | ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RSB Berkane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Simba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | USGN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Young Africans | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Simba | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Azam | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Mbeya City | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Namungo | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | Polisi Tanzania | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Geita Gold | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Dodoma Jiji | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | KMC | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Mbeya Kwanza | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Biashara United | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Mtibwa Sugar | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Ruvu Shooting | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Tanzania Prisons | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ASEC Mimosas | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting Gagnoa | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | San-Pedro | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | ES Bafing | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | TBC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | SOL | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Racing d'Abidjan | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Bouake | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Lys Sassandra | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | SOA | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Korhogo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Stella | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | AFAD | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Abengourou | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 13 | Capricorne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Bassam | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -11 | 2 |
| 16 | Winner Play-Offs 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Winner Play-Offs 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Alemania Riestedt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |