Closing in on the top teams is the mission when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both will be trying to strenghten their league table position, Mbeya City in 7th and Coastal Union in 9th position.
- Mbeya City have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Mbeya City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Coastal Union have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Coastal Union have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Coastal Union could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara game only four sleeps ago.
Mbeya City form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 12 Ligi kuu Bara games here at Sokoine Stadium for Mbeya City. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
Ambokile was the last player to score a league goal for Mbeya City and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Mbeya City haven't scored in 187 minutes.
Mbeya faced defeat in their previous match, away at KMC (0-3).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Polisi Tanzania.This is expected to be a close game, with Mbeya City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mbeya City as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Mbeya City has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 6.
Mbeya are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Mbeya City have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Coastal Union form and stats
3-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Coastal Union in their Ligi kuu Bara matches away.
The fans enjoyed Coastal's previous match versus Dodoma Jiji (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home.
A 0-0 draw at Mtibwa Sugar's stadium before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Coastal Union playing away and similar expectations, we found 20 relevant matches. Results were 3 Coastal Union wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats.
Coastal are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 6 goals from 12 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Coastal Union - Mbeya City 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Mbeya four wins, three draws and Coastal Union two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Mbeya City missing players
Coastal Union missing players
| Mbeya City | Coastal Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 76% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 76% |
| 48% | 42% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 33% | 48% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 17% | 32% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 16% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 8% |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 17% | 36% |
| 44% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 67% | 48% |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 6.9 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 35% | 50% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 36% |
| 6.4 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
- Coastal Union have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mbeya City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mbeya City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Coastal Union have scored away.
- Mbeya City have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Mbeya City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Young Africans | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 35 | 64 |
| 2 | Simba | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | Azam | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | Geita Gold | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Namungo | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 33 |
| 7 | Mbeya City | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | KMC | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 31 |
| 10 | Dodoma Jiji | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 31 |
| 11 | Mtibwa Sugar | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Polisi Tanzania | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 27 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 27 |
| 14 | Biashara United | 25 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Tanzania Prisons | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 24 |
| 16 | Mbeya Kwanza | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
