Football tips: Mtibwa Sugar vs Simba - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Date: Tue 28.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jamhuri Stadium

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Mtibwa Sugar - Simba!

Mtibwa Sugar and Simba should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Simba play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Simba when playing on grass are 15 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 22 times in these games.

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Mtibwa Sugar form and stats

Mtibwa Sugar have performed well here at Jamhuri Stadium so far this season with 13 wins from 18 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2. After failing to beat African Lyon here at Jamhuri Stadium, Mtibwa Sugar has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Mtibwa Sugar to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, led his Mtibwa Sugar to a defeat in the Ligi kuu Bara match away at Azam. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Jamhuri Stadium. Prior to that, an away loss at Simba.

The Mtibwa Sugar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Mtibwa Sugar have only let in 8 goals at home.

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Simba form and stats

Simba, who have the most points (46) away in Ligi kuu Bara, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 46 points collected from 18 games. 15 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the record so far. Things are running smoothly for Simba who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Kagera Sugar. A great winning streak in away games for Simba as they have managed to win six matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Kagera Sugar have they travelled home without three points.

Two travels in a row for Simba, whose manager P. Aussems could celebrate last time after the Ligi kuu Bara win against Singida United. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ndanda.

Simba have scored more than twice per away game on average, an impressive attacking display. They have 36 goals from 18 away matches. The Simba defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (9 goals in 18 games).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Simba - Mtibwa Sugar 3-0, played this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 0 Mtibwa Sugar victories, 2 draws and 5 Simba wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Kagere
6 goals
C. Chama
5 goals / 1 assists
E. Okwi
3 goals / 2 assists

Mtibwa Sugar missing players

Simba missing players

Mtibwa Sugar Simba
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played 4 18 34
14 13 2 Won 4 15 28
7 3 1 Drew 0 1 4
15 2 2 Lost 0 2 2
34 26 5 Scored 9 36 68
31 8 4 Conceded 3 9 12
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 88%
56% 56% 60% Over 1.5 75% 78% 74%
28% 28% 20% Over 2.5 75% 50% 50%
6% 11% 0% Over 3.5 50% 22% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 6% 6%
33% 33% 40% BTTS 75% 39% 29%
39% 61% 40% Clean Sheets 25% 56% 68%
36% 11% 20% Failed To Score 0% 11% 15%
 
5.4 5.6 6 Corners For (avg) 5.5 5.2 5.8
3.9 4.1 3 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.7 3
0.7 0.2 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1 0.8
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Mtibwa Sugar have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Mtibwa Sugar
All Ligi kuu Bara CAF Confederations Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 1 - 0 Singida United
16-03-19 LKB Kagera Sugar 2 - 1 Mtibwa Sugar
03-04-19 LKB Ruvu Shooting 1 - 1 Mtibwa Sugar
06-04-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 1 - 0 Alliance
17-04-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 1 - 0 Young Africans
03-05-19 LKB Singida United 1 - 1 Mtibwa Sugar
12-05-19 LKB Coastal Union 1 - 0 Mtibwa Sugar
16-05-19 LKB Simba 3 - 0 Mtibwa Sugar
22-05-19 LKB Azam 2 - 0 Mtibwa Sugar
28-05-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 14:00 Simba
Simba
All Ligi kuu Bara CAF Confederations Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
30-04-19 LKB Simba 1 - 0 JKT Tanzania
03-05-19 LKB Mbeya City 1 - 2 Simba
05-05-19 LKB Tanzania Prisons 0 - 1 Simba
13-05-19 LKB Simba 0 - 0 Azam
16-05-19 LKB Simba 3 - 0 Mtibwa Sugar
19-05-19 LKB Simba 2 - 0 Ndanda
21-05-19 LKB Singida United 0 - 2 Simba
23-05-19 CF Simba 16:00 Sevilla
25-05-19 LKB Simba 14:00 Biashara United
28-05-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 14:00 Simba

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Simba 34 28 4 2 68 12 16 13 3 0 32 3 18 15 1 2 36 9 56 88
2 Young Africans 36 27 5 4 56 24 17 15 1 1 35 13 19 12 4 3 21 11 32 86
3 Azam 36 20 11 5 52 21 18 14 2 2 38 10 18 6 9 3 14 11 31 71
4 KMC 36 12 15 9 38 25 19 10 6 3 28 11 17 2 9 6 10 14 13 51
5 Mtibwa Sugar 36 14 7 15 34 31 18 13 3 2 26 8 18 1 4 13 8 23 3 49
6 Lipuli 35 12 12 11 30 34 19 9 7 3 20 16 16 3 5 8 10 18 -4 48
7 Mbeya City 37 13 8 16 38 39 18 9 4 5 21 13 19 4 4 11 17 26 -1 47
8 Ndanda 35 12 10 13 23 33 17 10 5 2 18 8 18 2 5 11 5 25 -10 46
9 Coastal Union 35 10 14 11 30 34 17 6 10 1 16 10 18 4 4 10 14 24 -4 44
10 Stand United 35 12 7 16 34 43 18 8 5 5 17 15 17 4 2 11 17 28 -9 43
11 Tanzania Prisons 35 10 12 13 27 29 17 7 6 4 18 12 18 3 6 9 9 17 -2 42
12 Singida United 36 10 12 14 27 37 19 8 7 4 19 12 17 2 5 10 8 25 -10 42
13 Alliance 35 10 11 14 28 39 17 8 5 4 19 12 18 2 6 10 9 27 -11 41
14 Mbao 36 10 11 15 23 38 18 8 4 6 14 14 18 2 7 9 9 24 -15 41
15 Biashara United 35 10 10 15 28 34 18 8 7 3 17 11 17 2 3 12 11 23 -6 40
16 Kagera Sugar 35 9 13 13 31 40 19 8 5 6 18 16 16 1 8 7 13 24 -9 40
17 JKT Tanzania 35 9 13 13 23 33 17 8 6 3 15 8 18 1 7 10 8 25 -10 40
18 Ruvu Shooting 36 9 12 15 32 43 17 8 5 4 20 14 19 1 7 11 12 29 -11 39
19 Mwadui 35 10 8 17 40 48 18 8 6 4 30 18 17 2 2 13 10 30 -8 38
20 African Lyon 35 4 11 20 21 46 17 4 6 7 16 22 18 0 5 13 5 24 -25 23

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