The two squads are relishing a nice season so far and fixtures like this one could be influential. Here's the preview for Mbeya City - Simba!
- Mbeya City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Simba is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligi kuu Bara
This football pitch uses grass, unlike Simba's home arena. The previous 23 games by the away side on grass have seen 14 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Simba, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Mbeya City form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligi kuu Bara, Mbeya City have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
Mbeya City manager and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Polisi Tanzania (placed 3rd) in the Ligi kuu Bara.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Coastal Union.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligi kuu Bara game versus Ruvu Shooting in only three days. This game is also played here at Sokoine Stadium.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Mbeya's attacking play is working. Mbeya City have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Simba form and stats
3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Simba in their Ligi kuu Bara matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Simba as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
The supporters enjoyed Simba's previous game versus Azam (placed 7th), a Ligi kuu Bara 2-1 win played at home.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at KMC.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Simba are regular goalscorers on their travels. Simba are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Mbeya City won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Simba managed nine wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveMbeya City missing players
Simba missing players
| Mbeya City | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 73% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 64% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 4.8 | 7.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 1.8 |
| 41% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 78% |
| 6.3 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
- Mbeya City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mbeya City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mbeya City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Mbeya City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mbeya City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Simba have not yet lost a game.
- Simba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Simba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Simba is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ligi kuu Bara
| 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 29 |
| 2 | Simba | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Polisi Tanzania | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Coastal Union | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Mbeya City | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Dodoma Jiji | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 7 | Azam | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Namungo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Geita Gold | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Mbeya Kwanza | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Mtibwa Sugar | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Tanzania Prisons | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | KMC | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Ruvu Shooting | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Biashara United | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Kagera Sugar | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 9 |
