KMC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Young Africans.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligi kuu Bara.
KMC form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what KMC have to build on here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in the Ligi kuu Bara. KMC has recorded two wins in a row here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
KMC's last game was hosting Mbao (placed 19th) and winning 2-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against JKT Tanzania.
The KMC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. From these home matches, KMC have conceded only 11 goals.
Young Africans form and stats
Young Africans have an excellent away record in the Ligi kuu Bara so far with 6-4-1 from 11 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Young Africans as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games. Two points from the last two away games for Young Africans, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
385 minutes! That's how long the Young Africans goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Young Africans go into this game after a win, the home game against Simba that ended 1-0. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Mbao.
Young Africans has another fixture away, a Ligi kuu Bara game, against Namungo in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Young Africans have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. It's not easy to score on Young Africans as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Young Africans - KMC 1-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (KMC wins - draws - Young Africans wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.KMC missing players
Young Africans missing players
| KMC | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 30 |
| 33 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 93% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 32% | 25% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 11% | 8% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 16% |
| 4% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 42% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 29% | 42% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 55% | 52% |
| 32% | 25% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 121 | 51 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 67 |
| 29 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| 55% | 112% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 65% |
- Young Africans has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Simba | 27 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 40 | 68 |
| 2 | Azam | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 51 |
| 3 | Young Africans | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 50 |
| 4 | Namungo | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Coastal Union | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Polisi Tanzania | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | JKT Tanzania | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 39 |
| 8 | Ruvu Shooting | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Kagera Sugar | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 10 | Biashara United | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 38 |
| 11 | Tanzania Prisons | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 12 | Mtibwa Sugar | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | KMC | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 14 | Lipuli | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Alliance | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Mwadui | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 28 |
| 17 | Ndanda | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Mbeya City | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 27 |
| 19 | Mbao | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 22 | -18 | 22 |
| 20 | Singida United | 27 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 40 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -26 | 12 |