Evenly matched teams: Mzuni vs Moyale Barracks match preview

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Competition: Malawi Super League
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mzuzu Stadium (10000 seats)

Mzuni are leaning on their home advantage to support them before this meeting with Moyale Barracks. Who will win at Mzuzu Stadium?

Insights:
  • Mzuni have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
  • Moyale Barracks have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

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Mzuni form and stats

Overall Super League stats at home this season for Mzuni, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League, are 3-3-4 (wins-draw-losses). Mzuni has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Mhango was the last player to find the net.

Mzuni's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Red Lions (placed 11th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Azam Tigers (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mzuni have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost one.

Mzuni aren't scoring a lot here at Mzuzu Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.

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Moyale Barracks form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Moyale Barracks so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Barracks's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ntopwa that finished 1-1.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Red Lions.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Barracks in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Moyale Barracks, two draws and two defeats.

Barracks are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). The Barracks manager has some worries about the defense as 20 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Moyale Barracks - Mzuni 1-0. Last seven meetings between the teams: Mzuni won four, Moyale Barracks won one and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

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Mzuni Moyale Barracks
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 4 9 21
4 3 1 Won W 1 2 8
3 3 0 Drew D 1 2 7
15 4 2 Lost L 2 5 6
15 9 2 Scored S 5 9 22
36 15 5 Conceded C 7 20 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
73% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 67%
45% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 29%
9% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 19%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 19%
45% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 43%
9% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 48%
45% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 22% 24%
 
3.5 2.9 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.6 4.9
4.3 4.5 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.1
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
5.5 5.5 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.1 7.1
1.5 1.6 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.9 1.5
41% 54% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 53% 62%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Moyale Barracks have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Moyale Barracks have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Moyale Barracks haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Mzuni have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Mzuni have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mzuni have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super League
  • Mzuni have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
  • Mzuni have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Super League
  • Mzuni have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Mzuni haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mzuni is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Silver Strikers 22 14 4 4 39 13 10 8 2 0 26 7 12 6 2 4 13 6 26 46
2 Big Bullets 21 13 6 2 39 12 10 7 3 0 27 8 11 6 3 2 12 4 27 45
3 Be Forward Wanderers 21 10 7 4 30 17 11 5 4 2 15 8 10 5 3 2 15 9 13 37
4 Karonga United 23 10 6 7 26 21 11 6 2 3 16 10 12 4 4 4 10 11 5 36
5 CIVO United 22 8 10 4 27 20 12 4 5 3 11 10 10 4 5 1 16 10 7 34
6 Ekwendeni Hammers 22 10 4 8 27 21 10 6 1 3 13 8 12 4 3 5 14 13 6 34
7 MAFCO 21 8 8 5 23 19 11 5 4 2 12 6 10 3 4 3 11 13 4 32
8 Moyale Barracks 21 8 7 6 22 26 12 6 5 1 13 6 9 2 2 5 9 20 -4 31
9 Kamuzu Barracks 22 7 8 7 23 23 12 4 6 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 11 16 0 29
10 TN Stars 22 8 5 9 19 34 11 6 3 2 12 11 11 2 2 7 7 23 -15 29
11 Red Lions 23 7 7 9 19 24 11 4 0 7 7 12 12 3 7 2 12 12 -5 28
12 Blue eagles Malawi 22 6 8 8 24 22 12 4 5 3 17 10 10 2 3 5 7 12 2 26
13 Chitipa United 24 7 4 13 19 34 12 7 1 4 14 13 12 0 3 9 5 21 -15 25
14 Azam Tigers 23 4 7 12 17 27 11 3 4 4 11 12 12 1 3 8 6 15 -10 19
15 Ntopwa 25 5 4 16 27 47 12 4 1 7 16 22 13 1 3 9 11 25 -20 19
16 Mzuni 22 4 3 15 15 36 10 3 3 4 9 15 12 1 0 11 6 21 -21 15