Polisi Tanzania will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Young Africans.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ligi kuu Bara. That game was an away game at KMC, so at least Polisi Tanzania are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Polisi Tanzania form and stats
Polisi Tanzania are steadily winning Ligi kuu Bara games and points here. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Polisi Tanzania after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Polisi Tanzania enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at KMC's place. The match ended 3-2. Heartbreak before that as Polisi Tanzania lost 0-1 at Azam's place.
Polisi Tanzania has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Polisi Tanzania are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches.
Young Africans form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligi kuu Bara. Young Africans has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Young Africans delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Mbeya City (placed 19th) in their previous match; a Ligi kuu Bara game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Ruvu Shooting with the score of 1-0.
Young Africans find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Young Africans as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Young Africans - Polisi Tanzania 3-3.Polisi Tanzania missing players
Young Africans missing players
| Polisi Tanzania | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 50% | 36% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 42% |
| 32% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 56% | 42% |
| 36% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 83 | 46 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 36 | 65 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 13 | 23 |
| 57% | 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | 61% |
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 35 | 56 |
| 2 | Azam | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Coastal Union | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Young Africans | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Namungo | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | JKT Tanzania | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Polisi Tanzania | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Biashara United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Lipuli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Ruvu Shooting | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Tanzania Prisons | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Alliance | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | KMC | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Mtibwa Sugar | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Ndanda | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 17 | Mwadui | 21 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 18 | Mbao | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Mbeya City | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| 20 | Singida United | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -21 | 11 |