The league table in Ligi kuu Bara tells a story about these teams so far, with Ruvu Shooting leading Mbeya City by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ruvu Shooting form and stats
Overall Ligi kuu Bara stats at home this season for Ruvu Shooting are 2-2-0 (wins-draw-losses).
Before that, Shooting had a home game versus Coastal Union which ended with a victory 3-1.
The Ruvu Shooting fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Defensively Shooting have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mbeya City form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Mbeya City playing as the away team in the Ligi kuu Bara this season.
There were no winners in Mbeya City's previous match, a Ligi kuu Bara home game that ended 1-1 vs Polisi Tanzania (placed 7th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ihefu.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mbeya manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against JKT Tanzania.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Mbeya have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Ruvu Shooting three wins, three draws and Mbeya City two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Ruvu Shooting missing players
Mbeya City missing players
| Ruvu Shooting | Mbeya City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 10% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | 29 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 38 | 108 |
| 18 | 13 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| 39% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 21% |
- Mbeya City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mbeya City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ruvu Shooting has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Ruvu Shooting have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ruvu Shooting have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ruvu Shooting have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Azam | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Simba | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Biashara United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Ruvu Shooting | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | KMC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Polisi Tanzania | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Namungo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Coastal Union | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Mtibwa Sugar | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | JKT Tanzania | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Gwambina | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Mwadui | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 10 |
| 16 | Kagera Sugar | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Mbeya City | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Ihefu | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 5 |