Pre-match info: 13 points split the participants before this game, Simba the superior team. Will Mtibwa Sugar take the guests by surprise?
- Mtibwa Sugar have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Simba play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. The latest data for Simba when featuring on grass are 14 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 34 goals and conceded 15 times in these games.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Mtibwa Sugar form and stats
Mtibwa Sugar's struggle is real here at Manungu Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Ligi kuu Bara games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-2. Two draws in a row at home now for Mtibwa Sugar.
Mtibwa Sugar shared the glory with Ruvu Shooting in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Coastal Union and winning 1-0.The lack of attacking qualities in Mtibwa means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. As for guarding their own goal, Mtibwa Sugar have only let in 3 goals at home.
Simba form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Simba playing as the away team in the Ligi kuu Bara this season.
Two away games in a row for Simba, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Mbeya City in the Ligi kuu Bara.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Azam.Simba have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Ligi kuu Bara game versus Kagera Sugar. A strenuous programme for them!
Simba has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Simba as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mtibwa Sugar zero wins, four draws and Simba six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Mtibwa Sugar missing players
Simba missing players
| Mtibwa Sugar | Simba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 33% | 17% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 36% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2 |
| 64% | 60% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 8.6 | 4.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 2.3 | 1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
- Mtibwa Sugar have the fewest scored goals (7) in Ligi kuu Bara
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals away as Mtibwa Sugar have scored home.
- Simba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Simba | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Mbeya City | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Polisi Tanzania | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Azam | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Coastal Union | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Dodoma Jiji | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 8 | Namungo | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | KMC | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Geita Gold | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Mbeya Kwanza | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Mtibwa Sugar | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Tanzania Prisons | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 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 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Kagera Sugar | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
