The visiting KMC side should be favourites in this visit to African Lyon, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 36 league games this season.
African Lyon and KMC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
African Lyon form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for African Lyon, who have the fewest points (18) at home in Ligi kuu Bara, are 4-6-7 (wins-draw-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 13 attempts. African Lyon are slowly digging their own grave here at Chamazi Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Kagera Sugar match.The points were shared in African Lyon's previous game, also at home. Visiting Mbeya City travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Ndanda that was lost 0-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for African Lyon here at Chamazi Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 17 games). African Lyon have conceded 22 in these home matches.
KMC form and stats
KMC have only collected 15 points from their away games after 2-9-6 (17 played). It could be a hat trick of victories away for KMC, as they have won on their previous two travels.It's the second away game in a row for KMC, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Mbao in the Ligi kuu Bara last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tanzania Prisons at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The attacking power of KMC when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored in 17 matches. KMC are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the KMC - African Lyon 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 0 - 0 - 1 (African Lyon wins - draws - KMC wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.African Lyon missing players
KMC missing players
| African Lyon | KMC | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Played | 6 | 17 | 36 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Drew | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Lost | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 16 | 3 | Scored | 4 | 10 | 38 |
| 46 | 22 | 9 | Conceded | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 50% | 71% | 78% |
| 60% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 53% | 53% |
| 26% | 35% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 14% | 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 34% | 41% | 20% | BTTS | 33% | 41% | 36% |
| 23% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | 67% | 41% | 50% |
| 60% | 47% | 60% | Failed To Score | 50% | 47% | 36% |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- African Lyon have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- African Lyon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- African Lyon have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 19-02-19 | | African Lyon | 0 - 3 | Simba |
| 01-03-19 | | African Lyon | 1 - 3 | Azam |
| 05-03-19 | | African Lyon | 1 - 1 | JKT Tanzania |
| 09-03-19 | | African Lyon | 1 - 2 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 16-03-19 | | Biashara United | 1 - 0 | African Lyon |
| 03-04-19 | | Lipuli | 2 - 0 | African Lyon |
| 08-04-19 | | Young Africans | 2 - 0 | African Lyon |
| 11-05-19 | | African Lyon | 0 - 1 | Ndanda |
| 18-05-19 | | African Lyon | 2 - 2 | Mbeya City |
| 28-05-19 | | African Lyon | 14:00 | KMC |
| 02-03-19 | | KMC | 0 - 0 | Biashara United |
| 10-03-19 | | Young Africans | 2 - 1 | KMC |
| 17-03-19 | | Ndanda | 2 - 0 | KMC |
| 02-04-19 | | Mbeya City | 1 - 0 | KMC |
| 10-04-19 | | Singida United | 0 - 0 | KMC |
| 25-04-19 | | KMC | 1 - 2 | Simba |
| 06-05-19 | | KMC | 2 - 0 | Mwadui |
| 13-05-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 0 - 1 | KMC |
| 21-05-19 | | Mbao | 0 - 2 | KMC |
| 28-05-19 | | African Lyon | 14:00 | KMC |
| 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 | Simba | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 56 | 88 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 86 |
| 3 | Azam | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 52 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 71 |
| 4 | KMC | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Mtibwa Sugar | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 49 |
| 6 | Lipuli | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 48 |
| 7 | Mbeya City | 37 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Ndanda | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 | -10 | 46 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 44 |
| 10 | Stand United | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -9 | 43 |
| 11 | Tanzania Prisons | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 42 |
| 12 | Singida United | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 13 | Alliance | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 14 | Mbao | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 41 |
| 15 | Biashara United | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 40 |
| 16 | Kagera Sugar | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -9 | 40 |
| 17 | JKT Tanzania | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -10 | 40 |
| 18 | Ruvu Shooting | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -11 | 39 |
| 19 | Mwadui | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 30 | -8 | 38 |
| 20 | African Lyon | 35 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 24 | -25 | 23 |