Ndanda will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Azam.
Azam could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ligi kuu Bara game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Mbeya City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Azam. That game was a home fixture for Azam, against Mbeya City. But now it's all about beating Ndanda!
Ndanda form and stats
Ndanda are steadily winning games and points here at Nangwanda Sijaona Stadium. 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.Ndanda's last game was hosting Coastal Union and winning 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Young Africans that ended 1-1.
Ndanda has scored 17 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Ndanda have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 8 goals.
Azam form and stats
6 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Azam playing as the away team this season.Azam play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Mbeya City. A 0-0 draw at Mbao's stadium before that.
The attacking power of Azam when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored in 15 matches. Azam are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Azam - Ndanda 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Ndanda won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Azam has 5 wins.Ndanda missing players
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| Ndanda | Azam | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 21 | 17 | Scored | 13 | 49 |
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | 9 | 18 |
| 74% | 75% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 87% |
| 52% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 40% | 61% |
| 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 13% | 35% |
| 10% | 6% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 3% |
| 26% | 31% | Both teams to score | 33% | 39% |
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheet | 53% | 55% |
| 52% | 31% | Failed To Score | 33% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (avg) | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Young Africans | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 77 |
| 2 | Azam | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 66 |
| 3 | Simba | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 57 |
| 4 | Lipuli | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 48 |
| 5 | Mtibwa Sugar | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 45 |
| 6 | KMC | 32 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | Tanzania Prisons | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 42 |
| 8 | Coastal Union | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -3 | 41 |
| 9 | Singida United | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 10 | Ndanda | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -9 | 40 |
| 11 | Mbao | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -13 | 40 |
| 12 | JKT Tanzania | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -7 | 39 |
| 13 | Stand United | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 39 |
| 14 | Mbeya City | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 15 | Mwadui | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | -6 | 37 |
| 16 | Alliance | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -10 | 37 |
| 17 | Kagera Sugar | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 18 | Ruvu Shooting | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -11 | 36 |
| 19 | Biashara United | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -7 | 34 |
| 20 | African Lyon | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 24 | -24 | 22 |