Super League duel: Close contest expected between Karonga United and TN Stars

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Competition: Malawi Super League
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Karonga Stadium (20000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Karonga Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Karonga United languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting TN Stars will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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Karonga United form and stats

Karonga United have collected 10 points from their Super League home games so far after 3-1-3. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Karonga United.

Karonga United manager and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Mzuni in the Super League. Preceding that game was the away draw at TN Stars that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Karonga United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Karonga United as a small favourite), we find two games. Karonga United has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Karonga United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Karonga United have conceded 8 goals.

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TN Stars form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of TN Stars playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

There were no winners in TN Stars's previous match, a Super League home game that ended 1-1 vs Karonga United. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Silver Strikers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with TN Stars playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 1 TN Stars win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

TN Stars have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, TN Stars have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the TN Stars - Karonga United 1-1 played earlier this season. Karonga United-TN Stars H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Karonga United 0 wins, TN Stars 1 win, 2 draws. 0 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Karonga United missing players

TN Stars missing players

Karonga United TN Stars
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played 3 7 15
4 3 0 Won 3 4 8
4 1 1 Drew 0 1 3
7 3 0 Lost 0 2 4
16 10 1 Scored 5 9 16
23 8 1 Conceded 1 10 17
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 57% 100% Over 1.5 67% 71% 60%
47% 43% 0% Over 2.5 33% 57% 40%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 0% 29% 20%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 7%
53% 57% 100% BTTS 33% 43% 33%
13% 14% 0% Clean Sheets 67% 43% 53%
40% 29% 0% Failed To Score 0% 14% 20%
 
4 3 2 Corners For (avg) 3.7 4 3.5
3.2 2 2 Corners Against (avg) 7.7 5.3 4.9
1.6 0.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Karonga United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Karonga United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • TN Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • TN Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Karonga United
20-07-19 SL Azam Tigers 1 - 1 Karonga United
21-07-19 SL Big Bullets 5 - 0 Karonga United
28-07-19 SL Karonga United 1 - 1 Moyale Barracks
04-08-19 SL TN Stars 1 - 1 Karonga United
11-08-19 SL Mzuni 0 - 0 Karonga United
01-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 TN Stars
07-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 EPAC United
14-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 Mzuni
22-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 Big Bullets
28-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 Kamuzu Barracks
TN Stars
13-07-19 SL Be Forward Wanderers 4 - 1 TN Stars
14-07-19 SL Ntopwa 0 - 1 TN Stars
21-07-19 SL TN Stars 0 - 0 Kamuzu Barracks
28-07-19 SL TN Stars 1 - 2 Silver Strikers
04-08-19 SL TN Stars 1 - 1 Karonga United
01-09-19 SL Karonga United 12:30 TN Stars
07-09-19 SL Blue eagles Malawi 12:30 TN Stars
15-09-19 SL TN Stars 12:30 Masters Security
22-09-19 SL Silver Strikers 12:30 TN Stars
28-09-19 SL TN Stars 12:30 Ntopwa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Be Forward Wanderers 16 11 3 2 34 9 8 6 0 2 27 8 8 5 3 0 7 1 25 36
2 Big Bullets 16 9 5 2 37 9 8 5 3 0 23 4 8 4 2 2 14 5 28 32
3 Kamuzu Barracks 16 8 6 2 14 7 10 4 5 1 8 4 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 30
4 Silver Strikers 15 8 4 3 18 14 8 5 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 8 8 4 28
5 Blue eagles Malawi 15 8 3 4 25 19 8 6 1 1 13 8 7 2 2 3 12 11 6 27
6 TN Stars 15 8 3 4 16 17 8 4 2 2 7 7 7 4 1 2 9 10 -1 27
7 EPAC United 15 7 3 5 21 15 8 5 1 2 15 5 7 2 2 3 6 10 6 24
8 Azam Tigers 15 4 7 4 12 13 6 2 3 1 5 4 9 2 4 3 7 9 -1 19
9 Moyale Barracks 15 5 3 7 18 21 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 2 2 6 11 17 -3 18
10 Mzuni 15 4 5 6 11 17 8 3 3 2 6 6 7 1 2 4 5 11 -6 17
11 Karonga United 15 4 4 7 16 23 7 3 1 3 10 8 8 1 3 4 6 15 -7 16
12 Chitipa United 15 3 6 6 13 21 7 2 2 3 7 12 8 1 4 3 6 9 -8 15
13 Ntopwa 15 4 1 10 17 22 9 3 1 5 13 11 6 1 0 5 4 11 -5 13
14 Masters Security 16 2 7 7 13 27 8 1 5 2 4 7 8 1 2 5 9 20 -14 13
15 Mlatho Mponela 15 3 2 10 12 25 6 3 0 3 8 8 9 0 2 7 4 17 -13 11
16 Dwangwa United 15 2 2 11 13 31 8 2 2 4 11 14 7 0 0 7 2 17 -18 8