The league table in Super Ligue tells a story about these teams so far, with Sanga Balende leading Simba by 16 points. Match preview to follow:
- Sanga Balende have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Simba have the most conceded goals (45) in Super Ligue
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sanga Balende form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Kashala Bonzola as Sanga Balende have scored 14 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super Ligue are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sanga Balende's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Vita Club (placed 1st).
Before that, Balende had a home game versus Blessing which ended with a victory 2-1.Balende has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively Balende have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Simba form and stats
Simba, who have the most conceded goals (45) in Super Ligue, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Super Ligue, after 2-3-9 (14 played). Simba seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Ligue home defeat versus Vita Club with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Motema Pembe.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Simba as they have only managed to score 10 times from 14 away games in the league. As for defending, Simba rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Simba - Sanga Balende 2-3. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Sanga Balende victory, zero draws and one Simba win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Sanga Balende missing players
Simba missing players
| Sanga Balende | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | 45 |
| 85% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 44% | 31% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 76% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 24% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 10% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 41% |
| 52% | 69% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 44% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 57% | 45% |
| 5.7 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Sanga Balende have created more than twice as many corners as Simba.
- Sanga Balende have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sanga Balende have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sanga Balende have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Simba have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Simba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Simba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Simba have the most conceded goals (26) away in Super Ligue
- Simba have the most conceded goals (45) in Super Ligue
- Simba have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Super Ligue
| 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 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 67 |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 37 | 63 |
| 3 | Maniema Union | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 23 | 60 |
| 4 | Saint Eloi Lupopo | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 52 |
| 5 | Sanga Balende | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 44 |
| 6 | Motema Pembe | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | Blessing | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Don Bosco | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 33 |
| 9 | Renaissance | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 31 |
| 10 | AC Rangers | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -16 | 31 |
| 11 | JSK | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Dauphins Noirs | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Simba | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 28 |
| 14 | RCK | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 24 |
| 15 | Groupe Bazano | 27 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Lubumbashi Sport | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 19 |