The season is still fairly new and the Ligi kuu Bara table has to be read with caution. So far Mtibwa Sugar find themselves in 18th position and Mbeya City are placed 14th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mtibwa Sugar form and stats
Mtibwa Sugar's first Ligi kuu Bara home game here at Manungu Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat from 19 matches.
The Mtibwa Sugar fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligi kuu Bara game also here at Manungu Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Tanzania Prisons (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away draw at JKT Tanzania that finished 0-0.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Mtibwa Sugar at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Mbeya City form and stats
One match played away so far in the Ligi kuu Bara for Mbeya City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses from 19 games. The last three matches for Mbeya City have all ended in a draw.
Mbeya City are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Lipuli (placed 3rd). A draw for Mbeya City before that, at their own venue hosting Ruvu Shooting (1-1).
It's early days yet, but Mbeya City has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 3 Mtibwa Sugar victories, 4 draws and 1 Mbeya City win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Mtibwa Sugar missing players
Mbeya City missing players
| Mtibwa Sugar | Mbeya City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistics | Stat | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mtibwa Sugar | Last season | Mbeya City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 14 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 36 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | C | 26 | 39 | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 89% | ||
| 55% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 58% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 34% | ||
| 8% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 34% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 37% | ||
| 39% | 63% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 37% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
- Mbeya City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mtibwa Sugar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 12-05-19 | | Coastal Union | 1 - 0 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 16-05-19 | | Simba | 3 - 0 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 22-05-19 | | Azam | 2 - 0 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 28-05-19 | | Mtibwa Sugar | 0 - 0 | Simba |
| 25-08-19 | | Lipuli | 3 - 1 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 13-09-19 | | Simba | 2 - 1 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 21-09-19 | | JKT Tanzania | 0 - 0 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 25-09-19 | | Mtibwa Sugar | 1 - 3 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 29-09-19 | | Mtibwa Sugar | 13:00 | Mbeya City |
| 19-10-19 | | Ndanda | 13:00 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 12-05-19 | | Lipuli | 0 - 3 | Mbeya City |
| 15-05-19 | | Mbeya City | 1 - 0 | Coastal Union |
| 18-05-19 | | African Lyon | 2 - 2 | Mbeya City |
| 22-05-19 | | Young Africans | 1 - 0 | Mbeya City |
| 28-05-19 | | Mbeya City | 0 - 0 | Biashara United |
| 24-08-19 | | Mbeya City | 0 - 0 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 21-09-19 | | Mbeya City | 1 - 1 | Ruvu Shooting |
| 26-09-19 | | Lipuli | 2 - 2 | Mbeya City |
| 29-09-19 | | Mtibwa Sugar | 13:00 | Mbeya City |
| 20-10-19 | | Mbeya City | 13:00 | Biashara United |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Kagera Sugar | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Lipuli | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Tanzania Prisons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Namungo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Mwadui | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Mbao | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Alliance | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Ruvu Shooting | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Coastal Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | JKT Tanzania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Azam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Polisi Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Mbeya City | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | KMC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Ndanda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Singida United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Mtibwa Sugar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Young Africans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Biashara United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 9 | 62 | 93 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 38 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 56 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 29 | 86 |
| 3 | Azam | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 33 | 75 |
| 4 | KMC | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 40 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 5 | Mtibwa Sugar | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 6 | Lipuli | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 49 |
| 7 | Mbeya City | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -1 | 48 |
| 8 | Coastal Union | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 32 | -10 | 48 |
| 9 | Ndanda | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 | -12 | 48 |
| 10 | JKT Tanzania | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -6 | 47 |
| 11 | Alliance | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 28 | -9 | 47 |
| 12 | Tanzania Prisons | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 46 |
| 13 | Singida United | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -9 | 46 |
| 14 | Biashara United | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 45 |
| 15 | Ruvu Shooting | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 43 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | -8 | 45 |
| 16 | Mbao | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 45 |
| 17 | Mwadui | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 52 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 34 | -5 | 44 |
| 18 | Kagera Sugar | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 43 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -10 | 44 |
| 19 | Stand United | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 33 | -12 | 44 |
| 20 | African Lyon | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 54 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 27 | -31 | 23 |
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