Match preview: 36 points split the participants up until now, Young Africans the superior team. Will KMC upset the odds?
- KMC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligi kuu Bara
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a CAF Confederations Cup game only three days ago.
KMC form and stats
5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligi kuu Bara numbers at home for KMC so far this season. When KMC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Singida Big Stars, Geita Gold, Simba and Azam), they have won 1 of 2 matches! KMC are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The club members are hoping that KMC will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Ruvu Shooting (placed 16th).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Namungo (1-3).KMC are traveling soon after this match as the Ligi kuu Bara match at Azam awaits in three days.
KMC has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. KMC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When KMC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ruvu Shooting, Tanzania Prisons, Dodoma Jiji, Coastal Union and Polisi Tanzania), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Young Africans form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Young Africans so far, with 9-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Ligi kuu Bara statistics. Africans have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of nine victories in a row regardless of arena.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Young Africans goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 404 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The club members enjoyed Young Africans's previous game versus TP Mazembe, a CAF Confederations Cup win (3-1) played at home.
A loss, in the CAF Confederations Cup away at Monastir, earlier.
Observe: 10 of the latest 12 league matches featuring this team have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
Africans have another match away in just four days, a CAF Confederations Cup match against Real Bamako. A back-breaking calendar for the visiting team!
Young Africans are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 10 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Young Africans as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Young Africans have won at least one point in the last 5 games (4-1-0) facing KMC.The previous H2H meeting ended Young Africans - KMC 1-0, earlier this season.
KMC missing players
Young Africans missing players
| KMC | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 68% |
| 41% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 41% |
| 18% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 9% |
| 55% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 23% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 60% | 68% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 4 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 9.3 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2.7 | 3.7 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 33% | 32% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 58% | 59% |
| 8 | 8.7 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
- KMC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Young Africans have scored in all their matches so far.
- Young Africans have scored more than double the goals of KMC.
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the most clean sheets (14) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the most points (27) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Africans is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Namungo | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 8 | Mtibwa Sugar | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 9 | Ihefu | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 10 | Mbeya City | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 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 | Coastal Union | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | Polisi Tanzania | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -14 | 19 |
| 16 | Ruvu Shooting | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 17 |
