Season ticket holders at Sokoine Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Mbeya City languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Ruvu Shooting will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Mbeya City form and stats
The story so far in the Ligi kuu Bara for Mbeya City at their home stadium (Sokoine Stadium) is 2 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.
Mbeya's last game was hosting JKT Tanzania (placed 14th) and winning 6-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Mbeya City played a great game against JKT Tanzania and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mbeya here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 13 games). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mbeya are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sokoine Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 13 matches.
Ruvu Shooting form and stats
Ruvu Shooting have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ligi kuu Bara, after 3-4-8 (15 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Shooting in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Gwambina.
Two away games in a row for Ruvu Shooting, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Tanzania Prisons in the Ligi kuu Bara.
Shooting has another fixture away, a Ligi kuu Bara game, against Kagera Sugar in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Shooting have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ruvu Shooting - Mbeya 3-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - three - four (Mbeya wins - draws - Ruvu Shooting wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Mbeya City missing players
Ruvu Shooting missing players
| Mbeya City | Ruvu Shooting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 24 |
| 79% | 69% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 85% |
| 46% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 47% | 56% |
| 25% | 8% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 30% |
| 36% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 44% |
| 50% | 54% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 47% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 29% | 38% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 50% |
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 48 | 61 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Azam | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Biashara United | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | KMC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | Dodoma Jiji | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 7 | Ruvu Shooting | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Polisi Tanzania | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Tanzania Prisons | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Coastal Union | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 33 |
| 11 | Namungo | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 12 | Gwambina | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 13 | Mbeya City | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 14 | JKT Tanzania | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Ihefu | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 16 | Mtibwa Sugar | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 28 |
| 17 | Kagera Sugar | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 18 | Mwadui | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -32 | 19 |