Home advantage could prove decisive in Geita Gold - Ruvu Shooting battle

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Only victory will satisfy the Geita Gold followers in this duel with Ruvu Shooting, as they have a robust lead on them in the Ligi kuu Bara table.

Insights:
  • Geita Gold haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ruvu Shooting have the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligi kuu Bara

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Geita Gold form and stats

4 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Geita Gold have to build on here in the Ligi kuu Bara.

A nice win for Geita Gold last time playing, versus Coastal Union. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Polisi Tanzania.

Geita are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Geita Gold have conceded 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ruvu Shooting form and stats

There's been little loot from Ruvu Shooting's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 10 away games in the Ligi kuu Bara. Ruvu Shooting only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Ruvu Shooting won their last game, 2-1 versus KMC played at home. That win was so needed for this team, after a horrific sequence of 16 league matches in a row not winning.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Young Africans's place.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Ruvu Shooting playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.

Low on goals? 10 of this team's most recent 13 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Shooting are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 10 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Ruvu Shooting as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H game ended Ruvu Shooting - Geita 1-2, played this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous three meetings): Geita Gold won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Ruvu Shooting managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero.

Geita Gold missing players

Ruvu Shooting missing players

Geita Gold Ruvu Shooting
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 2 10 22
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 4
10 6 2 Drew D 0 3 5
5 2 0 Lost L 2 6 13
25 13 5 Scored S 0 4 12
27 14 2 Conceded C 2 9 25
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 82%
73% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 30% 45%
41% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
9% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 36%
23% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 55%
 
4 3.5 1.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.8 3.8
3 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 4.9 4.4
1.4 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8.3 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 6.6 7.6
3.1 3.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.2 2.5
35% 29% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 21%
 
7.8 7.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 11
3 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4
Key stats in Ligi kuu Bara this season:
  • Geita Gold have scored more than double the goals of Ruvu Shooting.
  • Geita Gold haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ruvu Shooting have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ruvu Shooting have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Ruvu Shooting have the fewest scored goals (12) in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Ruvu Shooting have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Ruvu Shooting have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Ligi kuu Bara

  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 22 19 2 1 41 10 12 10 2 0 24 4 10 9 0 1 17 6 31 59
2 Simba 22 16 5 1 54 13 10 9 1 0 30 6 12 7 4 1 24 7 41 53
3 Singida Big Stars 23 13 5 5 26 19 11 8 2 1 14 5 12 5 3 4 12 14 7 44
4 Azam 22 13 4 5 37 23 11 9 1 1 23 9 11 4 3 4 14 14 14 43
5 Geita Gold 22 7 10 5 25 27 12 4 6 2 13 14 10 3 4 3 12 13 -2 31
6 Namungo 22 8 5 9 19 23 9 4 2 3 8 8 13 4 3 6 11 15 -4 29
7 Mtibwa Sugar 23 7 8 8 26 33 12 6 4 2 19 14 11 1 4 6 7 19 -7 29
8 Ihefu 23 8 3 12 22 25 11 6 2 3 15 9 12 2 1 9 7 16 -3 27
9 Kagera Sugar 22 6 8 8 20 23 12 5 5 2 14 9 10 1 3 6 6 14 -3 26
10 Mbeya City 22 5 9 8 27 34 12 3 6 3 15 14 10 2 3 5 12 20 -7 24
11 Dodoma Jiji 23 7 3 13 17 29 11 4 0 7 9 13 12 3 3 6 8 16 -12 24
12 KMC 22 5 8 9 20 25 11 5 3 3 13 12 11 0 5 6 7 13 -5 23
13 Tanzania Prisons 22 5 7 10 18 30 12 3 3 6 11 14 10 2 4 4 7 16 -12 22
14 Coastal Union 22 4 7 11 18 28 9 2 4 3 4 7 13 2 3 8 14 21 -10 19
15 Ruvu Shooting 22 4 5 13 12 25 12 3 2 7 8 16 10 1 3 6 4 9 -13 17
16 Polisi Tanzania 22 3 7 12 17 32 11 1 5 5 10 15 11 2 2 7 7 17 -15 16