An important duel in the bottom section of the Ligi kuu Bara, with both Mbeya City and Mtibwa Sugar experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 13th place.
- Mbeya City have yet to win a game at home.
- Mtibwa Sugar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Mbeya City nor Mtibwa Sugar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mbeya City form and stats
The story so far in the Ligi kuu Bara for Mbeya City at their home stadium (Sokoine Stadium) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Mbeya have been steadily collecting points here at Sokoine Stadium through three straight draws.
It's back home for Mbeya, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating JKT Tanzania away with the result 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Ruvu Shooting.
The lack of attacking qualities in Mbeya means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Mbeya City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Mtibwa Sugar form and stats
Mtibwa Sugar have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Ligi kuu Bara, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
A. J. Issa was the last player to score for the away team. Mtibwa haven't scored a league goal in the last 318 minutes.
Mtibwa are travelling again after losing away to Polisi Tanzania in their previous match (0-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Tanzania Prisons that ended 0-0.
Goals are few and far between in Mtibwa's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. As opposed to that, Mtibwa have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Mbeya City victories, five draws and three Mtibwa Sugar wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Mbeya City missing players
Mtibwa Sugar missing players
| Mbeya City | Mtibwa Sugar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 58% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | 70 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 50 | 90 |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 21% | 20% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 42% |
- Mbeya City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mbeya City have yet to win a game at home.
- Mtibwa Sugar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mtibwa Sugar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Azam | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Simba | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Ruvu Shooting | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Polisi Tanzania | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | KMC | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Biashara United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Namungo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Coastal Union | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Gwambina | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Dodoma Jiji | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Mtibwa Sugar | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Kagera Sugar | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | JKT Tanzania | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Mbeya City | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 17 | Mwadui | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 10 |
| 18 | Ihefu | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 6 |