The visiting Simba side should be favourites in this visit to Alliance, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
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.
Simba play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Simba when playing on grass are 13 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 21 matches. They have scored 33 goals and conceded 20 times in these games.
Alliance form and stats
8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Alliance so far this season.Alliance lost their last game at Mtibwa Sugar after a 0-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Singida United.
The Alliance fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. Alliance have only conceded 8 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Simba form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Simba so far, with 9-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far.Simba play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Coastal Union. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting TP Mazembe's place.
The Simba manager P. Aussems has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 11 matches. Simba are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 5 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Simba - Alliance 5-1. Numbers for the last one meeting between these two teams are: 0 wins for Alliance, 0 draws and 1 win for Simba.Alliance missing players
Simba missing players
| Alliance | Simba | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 24 | 17 | Scored | 24 | 50 |
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| 91% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 87% |
| 59% | 53% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 74% |
| 19% | 20% | Over 2.5 | 55% | 57% |
| 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 36% | 22% |
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 9% | 9% |
| 31% | 33% | Both teams to score | 36% | 30% |
| 31% | 47% | Clean Sheet | 55% | 65% |
| 47% | 27% | Failed To Score | 18% | 17% |
| 1.1 | 1.5 | Corners For (avg) | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
- Alliance is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 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 | Young Africans | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 77 |
| 2 | Azam | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 66 |
| 3 | Simba | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 42 | 60 |
| 4 | Lipuli | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Mtibwa Sugar | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 45 |
| 6 | Ndanda | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -8 | 43 |
| 7 | KMC | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 41 |
| 10 | Singida United | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 11 | Mbao | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -13 | 40 |
| 12 | JKT Tanzania | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -7 | 39 |
| 13 | Stand United | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 39 |
| 14 | Mbeya City | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 15 | Mwadui | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | -6 | 37 |
| 16 | Alliance | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -10 | 37 |
| 17 | Kagera Sugar | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 18 | Ruvu Shooting | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -11 | 36 |
| 19 | Biashara United | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -7 | 34 |
| 20 | African Lyon | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 24 | -24 | 22 |