Struggling Mbao will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Simba in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Simba have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-2-4 (win-draw-loss) from 19 matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Mbao form and stats
With 2 Ligi kuu Bara wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Mbao are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Mbao are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 182 minutes since the last one in league fixtures.
The fans are hoping that Mbao will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ligi kuu Bara game against Mtibwa Sugar (placed 9th). Prior to that, an away loss at Lipuli.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mbao, as the Ligi kuu Bara home game vs JKT Tanzania is only four days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mbao here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). From these home matches, Mbao have conceded only 8 goals.
Simba form and stats
Simba, who have the most scored goals (29) in Ligi kuu Bara, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 Ligi kuu Bara games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Simba, as they have won on their previous two travels.
There were no winners in Simba's previous match, a Ligi kuu Bara home game that ended 2-2 vs Young Africans (placed 4th). Before that, Simba secured a home win against Ndanda with the score 2-0.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligi kuu Bara trip to Alliance.
The Simba manager P. Aussems has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 7 league matches. The Simba defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 1 Mbao victory, 1 draw and 4 Simba wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.Mbao missing players
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| Mbao | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 27% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 71% | 71% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.8 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 25 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 48 | 88 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 23 | 38 |
| 44% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | 45% |
- Mbao haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Simba has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Simba has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Simba has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
- Simba has the most clean sheets (8)
- Simba has the most points (18) away
- Simba has the most scored goals (14) away
- Simba has the most scored goals (29)
- Simba has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
- Simba has the the best goal difference (+12) away
- Simba has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Simba have scored more than double the goals of Mbao.
- Simba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Simba have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Simba haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 35 |
| 2 | Coastal Union | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | Azam | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Young Africans | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Namungo | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | JKT Tanzania | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lipuli | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 8 | Kagera Sugar | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Mtibwa Sugar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Polisi Tanzania | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Tanzania Prisons | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 12 | Alliance | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Mbao | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Biashara United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Mwadui | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | KMC | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Mbeya City | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 19 | Ndanda | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 8 |
| 20 | Singida United | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 7 |