Struggling Mbeya City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Simba in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Mbeya City have yet to win a game at home.
- Simba has the most scored goals (31) in Ligi kuu Bara
Simba could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara game only three sleeps ago.
This pitch has grass, which is not Simba's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Simba have performed like this: Played 19 matches resulting in 13 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats with the goal stats 34-20 (scored/conceded).
These teams have little in common geographically as Simba have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Mbeya City form and stats
Mbeya City's struggle is real here at Sokoine Stadium with only 4 points collected from 6 Ligi kuu Bara games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-2. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Mbeya has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Mbeya haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 201 minutes ago. K. Prosper scored that one. Mbeya City are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Mbeya, facing Coastal Union in a game that ended 0-0. Before that, Mbeya City drew at home versus Mtibwa Sugar.
Mbeya has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 6 games. 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 6 matches.
Simba form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligi kuu Bara matches, Simba, who have the most scored goals (31) in Ligi kuu Bara, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far. Simba has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Simba go into this game after a win, the home game against Polisi Tanzania that ended 2-0. A draw for Simba before that, at their own venue hosting Plateau United (0-0).
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 15 goals in 6 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Simba as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Mbeya City won zero, Simba won nine and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Mbeya City missing players
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| Mbeya City | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 25% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 58% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 13.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | 3.4 |
| 19% | 20% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 56% | 81% |
- Mbeya City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mbeya City have yet to win a game at home.
- Simba has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the most matches over the total-line (6) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the most scored goals (15) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the most scored goals (31) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the the best goal difference (+11) away in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba has the the best goal difference (+26) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Simba have scored more than double the goals of Mbeya City.
- Simba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Azam | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Simba | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 26 |
| 4 | Ruvu Shooting | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | KMC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Polisi Tanzania | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Biashara United | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Kagera Sugar | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Gwambina | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Coastal Union | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Namungo | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Dodoma Jiji | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Mtibwa Sugar | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Mbeya City | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | JKT Tanzania | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Mwadui | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | -17 | 10 |
| 18 | Ihefu | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 7 |