Open game expected at Majimaji Stadium: Mbeya Kwanza vs Kagera Sugar preview

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Competition: Wed 25.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Majimaji Stadium (10000 seats)

Mbeya Kwanza have some work to do from their 16th place, and the job starts vs Kagera Sugar. Read more!

Insights:
  • Mbeya Kwanza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Kagera Sugar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Kagera Sugar could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara game only four sleeps ago.

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Mbeya Kwanza form and stats

Mbeya Kwanza's struggle is real here at Majimaji Stadium with only 11 points collected from 12 Ligi kuu Bara games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-5.

Stress levels are on the rise for Mbeya Kwanza's attacking players as they have now played 195 minutes without scoring in a league game. Minga was their last goal scorer.

Mbeya Kwanza are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Young Africans. Kwanza were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Ahead of that match, Mbeya Kwanza lost 0-1 at home to Geita Gold.

Kwanza aren't scoring a lot here at Majimaji Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 12 games. From these home matches, Mbeya Kwanza have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kagera Sugar form and stats

4-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kagera Sugar in their Ligi kuu Bara matches away.

The Kagera goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 241 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Kagera Sugar's last game was the home draw against Ruvu Shooting (0-0).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Tanzania Prisons.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Kagera Sugar in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Kagera Sugar, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 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. Kagera have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Kagera Sugar - Mbeya Kwanza 0-2.

Mbeya Kwanza missing players

Kagera Sugar missing players

Mbeya Kwanza Kagera Sugar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 13 25
4 2 1 Won W 1 4 8
9 5 3 Drew D 3 5 9
11 5 0 Lost L 1 4 8
18 8 3 Scored S 6 11 18
28 11 1 Conceded C 6 14 22
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 80%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 54% 44%
25% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 31% 24%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 8% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 8% 4%
42% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 32%
25% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 44%
42% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 44%
 
3.9 4.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 2.8 2.6
4.3 3.4 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.9 3.6
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
4.7 3.8 4.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 6.4 6.9
1.9 1.5 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2 2.1
40% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 35%
 
6.9 4.8 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 7.6 7.4
2.5 1.7 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.3 2.3
Key stats in Ligi kuu Bara this season:
  • Kagera Sugar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mbeya Kwanza have the fewest points (11) at home in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Mbeya Kwanza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Mbeya Kwanza have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Ligi kuu Bara
  • Mbeya Kwanza 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 26 10 7 9 32 27 12 6 4 2 15 8 14 4 3 7 17 19 5 37
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 Coastal Union 26 9 7 10 20 26 13 5 3 5 13 16 13 4 4 5 7 10 -6 34
7 Kagera Sugar 25 8 9 8 18 22 12 4 4 4 7 8 13 4 5 4 11 14 -4 33
8 Mbeya City 26 7 11 8 22 24 13 7 3 3 15 9 13 0 8 5 7 15 -2 32
9 KMC 25 7 10 8 28 28 13 6 3 4 20 15 12 1 7 4 8 13 0 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 Ruvu Shooting 26 6 10 10 24 34 13 3 7 3 12 13 13 3 3 7 12 21 -10 28
13 Polisi Tanzania 24 5 12 7 15 19 12 3 7 2 7 5 12 2 5 5 8 14 -4 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