This promises to be an action-packed encounter for TP Mazembe at Stade du TP Mazembe when the CAF Confederations Cup tournament arrives in town and Young Africans with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Young Africans have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
TP Mazembe form and stats
Last season, Mazembe's CAF Confederations Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against RSB Berkane.The story so far in the Super Ligue for TP Mazembe at their home stadium (Stade du TP Mazembe) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The club members hope that TP Mazembe will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the CAF Confederations Cup fixture against Réal Bamako.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Monastir in the CAF Confederations Cup.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 4 games), TP Mazembe's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Mazembe have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Young Africans form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Young Africans so far, with 10-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Ligi kuu Bara statistics.
The supporters enjoyed Young Africans's previous match versus Monastir, a CAF Confederations Cup win (2-0) played at home.
Before that, Africans secured a home win against Geita Gold with the score 3-1.The travelling fans enjoy Young Africans's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other previously this season, with the match result Young Africans - TP Mazembe 3-1 logged in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Mazembe victories, zero draws and one Young Africans win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
TP Mazembe missing players
Young Africans missing players
| TP Mazembe | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 21 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 36 | 24 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 5.7 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 9 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 45% | ||
| 8.8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Monastir | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Réal Bamako | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 4 | TP Mazembe | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 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 | Vita Club | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Maniema Union | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | TP Mazembe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Celeste | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | JSK | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Blessing | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Motema Pembe | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Tshinkunku | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | AC Rangers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Sanga Balende | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Don Bosco | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Groupe Bazano | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Lubumbashi Sport | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Panda B5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Simba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Etoile de Kivu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Dauphins Noirs | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Kuya Sport | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Renaissance | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -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 | Young Africans | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 65 |
| 2 | Simba | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 57 |
| 3 | Singida Big Stars | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Azam | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
| 5 | Geita Gold | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 34 |
| 6 | Ihefu | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Kagera Sugar | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Namungo | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | Mtibwa Sugar | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -12 | 29 |
| 10 | Mbeya City | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 27 |
| 12 | KMC | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Coastal Union | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Ruvu Shooting | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Polisi Tanzania | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
