Ligi kuu Bara match prediction and preview for Ndanda vs Mbeya City clash

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Competition: Sat 18.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Ligi kuu Bara, Ndanda holding 18th place and Mbeya City lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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.

Ndanda are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Mbeya are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Ndanda form and stats

Overall Ligi kuu Bara stats at home this season for Ndanda are 7-7-4 (wins-draw-losses). The Ndanda fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Ndanda has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The Ndanda supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tanzania Prisons in Ligi kuu Bara and win 2-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus JKT Tanzania.

Ndanda aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 16 goals from 18 games. Ndanda are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 18 matches.

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Mbeya City form and stats

Mbeya City have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Ligi kuu Bara, after 3-5-8 (16 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Mbeya's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Mbeya City are travelling again after losing away to Namungo in their previous match (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Polisi Tanzania.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Mbeya have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Mbeya City - Ndanda 1-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Ndanda victories, five draws and one Mbeya City win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Ndanda missing players

Mbeya City missing players

Ndanda Mbeya City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 5 16 36
9 7 1 Won W 1 3 11
13 7 3 Drew D 2 5 9
13 4 1 Lost L 2 8 16
26 16 5 Scored S 6 11 31
30 11 3 Conceded C 7 20 41
77% 78% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
49% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 50% 56%
20% 22% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 31% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 17%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
29% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 38% 39%
40% 44% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 28%
54% 44% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 56% 44%
 
3.9 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 5.7
4.2 3.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.4 3.8
1.6 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
86 55 6 Total Shots T S 24 60 285
22 9 1 Shots on Target S O 4 8 38
41% 44% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 62% 55%
Key stats in Ligi kuu Bara this season:
  • Mbeya City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mbeya City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ndanda has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Ndanda has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Ndanda have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Simba 35 25 7 3 69 16 17 13 3 1 40 9 18 12 4 2 29 7 53 82
2 Young Africans 35 18 13 4 42 26 18 10 6 2 26 17 17 8 7 2 16 9 16 67
3 Azam 36 19 9 8 49 24 18 12 4 2 33 13 18 7 5 6 16 11 25 66
4 Namungo 36 17 13 6 44 31 18 12 5 1 23 9 18 5 8 5 21 22 13 64
5 Coastal Union 36 14 9 13 32 29 17 8 6 3 18 9 19 6 3 10 14 20 3 51
6 Polisi Tanzania 36 14 9 13 33 32 17 9 6 2 17 9 19 5 3 11 16 23 1 51
7 Kagera Sugar 36 14 8 14 41 37 19 7 6 6 21 19 17 7 2 8 20 18 4 50
8 JKT Tanzania 36 12 13 11 31 32 18 6 6 6 12 12 18 6 7 5 19 20 -1 49
9 Ruvu Shooting 36 12 12 12 34 38 19 10 6 3 20 15 17 2 6 9 14 23 -4 48
10 Biashara United 36 11 14 11 27 26 19 10 5 4 17 10 17 1 9 7 10 16 1 47
11 Tanzania Prisons 36 9 18 9 31 27 19 5 10 4 14 12 17 4 8 5 17 15 4 45
12 Alliance 36 11 11 14 31 39 18 6 7 5 20 22 18 5 4 9 11 17 -8 44
13 KMC 36 12 8 16 35 44 17 10 3 4 23 15 19 2 5 12 12 29 -9 44
14 Lipuli 36 12 7 17 44 51 16 8 4 4 29 16 20 4 3 13 15 35 -7 43
15 Mwadui 36 11 10 15 36 43 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 2 4 12 15 30 -7 43
16 Mbeya City 36 11 9 16 31 41 20 8 4 8 20 21 16 3 5 8 11 20 -10 42
17 Mtibwa Sugar 36 10 11 15 27 32 16 7 4 5 16 14 20 3 7 10 11 18 -5 41
18 Ndanda 35 9 13 13 26 30 18 7 7 4 16 11 17 2 6 9 10 19 -4 40
19 Mbao 35 10 8 17 25 40 18 8 4 6 20 15 17 2 4 11 5 25 -15 38
20 Singida United 36 3 6 27 22 72 18 2 2 14 14 29 18 1 4 13 8 43 -50 15