Struggling Ihefu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Young Africans in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Ihefu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Young Africans has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Ligi kuu Bara
It's no vacation for neither Ihefu nor Young Africans 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.
Ihefu form and stats
Overall Ligi kuu Bara stats at home this season for Ihefu are 3-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). Ihefu has recorded two wins in a row here at Sokoine Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Ihefu's previous game was a Ligi kuu Bara match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus KMC (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kagera Sugar.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ihefu here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ihefu are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Young Africans form and stats
Young Africans, who have the most points (17) away in Ligi kuu Bara, have an excellent away record in the Ligi kuu Bara so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games. Things are running smoothly for Africans who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Tanzania Prisons.
Africans are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Ligi kuu Bara against Dodoma Jiji (placed 11th). Before that, Africans travelled to Mwadui and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Africans as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. Africans are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Ihefu missing players
Young Africans missing players
| Ihefu | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 71% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 14% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 25% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 86% | 62% |
| 62% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 14 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 23% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 63% |
- Ihefu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ihefu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Africans has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans has the most clean sheets (5) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans has the most points (17) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have not yet lost a game.
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Young Africans have scored more than double the goals of Ihefu.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 38 |
| 2 | Simba | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 32 |
| 3 | Azam | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Ruvu Shooting | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Biashara United | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | Polisi Tanzania | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Mtibwa Sugar | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | KMC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Tanzania Prisons | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Kagera Sugar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Gwambina | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Coastal Union | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 14 | Namungo | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | JKT Tanzania | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Ihefu | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Mbeya City | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | Mwadui | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | -17 | 12 |