Ligi kuu Bara match prediction and preview for Mbeya City vs Coastal Union clash

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Competition: Sun 05.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sokoine Stadium (20000 seats)

Struggling Mbeya City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Coastal Union in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 5th 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!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Relegation threatens Mbeya City who should definitely be looking for some points here. Coastal are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Mbeya City form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligi kuu Bara, Mbeya City have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Sokoine Stadium.

Mbeya City are confident in defense, having played 215 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Mbeya last time playing, versus JKT Tanzania. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting JKT Tanzania in a game that was won 2-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Polisi Tanzania are coming to town in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mbeya City here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 18 games). 19 goals have been conceded.

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Coastal Union form and stats

Playing away, Coastal Union have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Ligi kuu Bara this season. It's a growing despair in Coastal as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Coastal Union's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Coastal are looking to quickly end their 390 minutes long goal drought in the Ligi kuu Bara.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Coastal Union, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Alliance (placed 14th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Alliance wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Coastal manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Tanzania Prisons.

The attacking power of Coastal when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Coastal as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Coastal Union - Mbeya 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Mbeya two wins, two draws and Coastal Union one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Mbeya City missing players

Coastal Union missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mbeya City Coastal Union
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 18 4 Played P 7 16 33
9 6 0 Won W 2 5 13
9 4 2 Drew D 1 3 9
15 8 2 Lost L 4 8 11
26 15 3 Scored S 3 11 29
38 19 6 Conceded C 5 15 24
88% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 94% 85%
55% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 14% 44% 48%
27% 22% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 19% 21%
15% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 6%
9% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 14% 31% 30%
30% 39% 25% Clean Sheets C S 43% 25% 45%
45% 39% 50% Failed to Score F T 57% 50% 39%
 
5.5 6.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.9 3.2
3.8 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6.4 4.1
1.1 0.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.3 1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
249 192 59 Total Shots T S 29 67 139
30 22 5 Shots on Target S O 7 16 41
53% 50% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 54%
Key stats in Ligi kuu Bara this season:
  • Coastal Union have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 33 25 5 3 69 16 17 13 3 1 40 9 16 12 2 2 29 7 53 80
2 Azam 33 17 9 7 41 23 16 10 4 2 25 13 17 7 5 5 16 10 18 60
3 Young Africans 32 16 12 4 38 25 17 9 6 2 23 16 15 7 6 2 15 9 13 60
4 Namungo 33 15 12 6 42 31 15 10 4 1 21 9 18 5 8 5 21 22 11 57
5 Coastal Union 33 13 9 11 29 24 17 8 6 3 18 9 16 5 3 8 11 15 5 48
6 Polisi Tanzania 33 13 8 12 31 30 17 9 6 2 17 9 16 4 2 10 14 21 1 47
7 JKT Tanzania 33 12 11 10 30 30 17 6 5 6 11 11 16 6 6 4 19 19 0 47
8 Kagera Sugar 33 13 7 13 39 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 7 2 8 20 18 4 46
9 Biashara United 33 11 12 10 27 25 16 10 3 3 17 9 17 1 9 7 10 16 2 45
10 Tanzania Prisons 33 9 17 7 29 23 17 5 9 3 13 10 16 4 8 4 16 13 6 44
11 Mwadui 33 11 10 12 32 36 18 9 6 3 21 13 15 2 4 9 11 23 -4 43
12 Ruvu Shooting 33 11 10 12 30 35 18 9 6 3 17 13 15 2 4 9 13 22 -5 43
13 Lipuli 33 11 7 15 42 47 15 7 4 4 27 16 18 4 3 11 15 31 -5 40
14 Alliance 33 10 9 14 27 37 16 5 6 5 17 21 17 5 3 9 10 16 -10 39
15 KMC 33 10 8 15 30 40 15 8 3 4 18 13 18 2 5 11 12 27 -10 38
16 Mtibwa Sugar 33 9 10 14 25 30 15 6 4 5 15 14 18 3 6 9 10 16 -5 37
17 Mbeya City 33 9 9 15 26 38 18 6 4 8 15 19 15 3 5 7 11 19 -12 36
18 Ndanda 32 8 11 13 24 29 15 6 5 4 14 10 17 2 6 9 10 19 -5 35
19 Mbao 33 8 8 17 22 40 16 6 4 6 17 15 17 2 4 11 5 25 -18 32
20 Singida United 33 3 6 24 21 60 18 2 2 14 14 29 15 1 4 10 7 31 -39 15

Table
  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 33 25 5 3 69 16 17 13 3 1 40 9 16 12 2 2 29 7 53 80
2 Azam 33 17 9 7 41 23 16 10 4 2 25 13 17 7 5 5 16 10 18 60
3 Young Africans 32 16 12 4 38 25 17 9 6 2 23 16 15 7 6 2 15 9 13 60
4 Namungo 33 15 12 6 42 31 15 10 4 1 21 9 18 5 8 5 21 22 11 57
5 Coastal Union 33 13 9 11 29 24 17 8 6 3 18 9 16 5 3 8 11 15 5 48
6 Polisi Tanzania 33 13 8 12 31 30 17 9 6 2 17 9 16 4 2 10 14 21 1 47
7 JKT Tanzania 33 12 11 10 30 30 17 6 5 6 11 11 16 6 6 4 19 19 0 47
8 Kagera Sugar 33 13 7 13 39 35 16 6 5 5 19 17 17 7 2 8 20 18 4 46
9 Biashara United 33 11 12 10 27 25 16 10 3 3 17 9 17 1 9 7 10 16 2 45
10 Tanzania Prisons 33 9 17 7 29 23 17 5 9 3 13 10 16 4 8 4 16 13 6 44
11 Mwadui 33 11 10 12 32 36 18 9 6 3 21 13 15 2 4 9 11 23 -4 43
12 Ruvu Shooting 33 11 10 12 30 35 18 9 6 3 17 13 15 2 4 9 13 22 -5 43
13 Lipuli 33 11 7 15 42 47 15 7 4 4 27 16 18 4 3 11 15 31 -5 40
14 Alliance 33 10 9 14 27 37 16 5 6 5 17 21 17 5 3 9 10 16 -10 39
15 KMC 33 10 8 15 30 40 15 8 3 4 18 13 18 2 5 11 12 27 -10 38
16 Mtibwa Sugar 33 9 10 14 25 30 15 6 4 5 15 14 18 3 6 9 10 16 -5 37
17 Mbeya City 33 9 9 15 26 38 18 6 4 8 15 19 15 3 5 7 11 19 -12 36
18 Ndanda 32 8 11 13 24 29 15 6 5 4 14 10 17 2 6 9 10 19 -5 35
19 Mbao 33 8 8 17 22 40 16 6 4 6 17 15 17 2 4 11 5 25 -18 32
20 Singida United 33 3 6 24 21 60 18 2 2 14 14 29 15 1 4 10 7 31 -39 15

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