Both Coastal Union and Simba are craving for points in this match, despite the away side holding a 16 point advantage from earlier matches.
- Coastal Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Simba have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligi kuu Bara
14 - 4 - 9 with 32-20. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Simba when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Simba play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's no vacation for neither Coastal Union nor Simba as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Coastal Union form and stats
With 2 Ligi kuu Bara wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Coastal Union are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Mkwakwani Stadium, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Mbeya City game.
The Coastal crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Simba here at Mkwakwani Stadium.
Ahead of that match, Coastal Union lost 1-3 at home to Ruvu Shooting.Coastal Union aren't scoring a lot here at Mkwakwani Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Coastal have conceded 13 goals. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Simba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligi kuu Bara travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Simba have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
The Simba goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 378 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Simba, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Coastal Union (placed 12th) last time out.
Simba find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Simba as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Simba - Coastal Union 0-0 was the story when these two teams previously did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: zero - two - seven (Coastal wins - draws - Simba wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Coastal Union missing players
Simba missing players
| Coastal Union | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 21 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 78% |
| 47% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 25% | 33% |
| 32% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 37% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 37% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 67% |
| 53% | 50% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.2 | 6.6 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 37% | 44% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 38% | 58% |
| 7.6 | 6.4 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.9 | 1 |
- Coastal Union have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Coastal Union have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Coastal Union have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Simba have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Africans | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Simba | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Azam | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Namungo | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 5 | Mbeya City | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Geita Gold | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | KMC | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Polisi Tanzania | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Biashara United | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Ruvu Shooting | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Coastal Union | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Dodoma Jiji | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Mtibwa Sugar | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Tanzania Prisons | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Mbeya Kwanza | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
