Football betting preview: Simba vs Azam

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Date: Wed 23.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Stadium (60000 seats)

It's still early in the Ligi kuu Bara season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Simba - Azam preview!

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Simba form and stats

The hosts won their first Ligi kuu Bara game here at National Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Simba last season were 14 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from 19 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Simba has won four games in a row. The Songo match was the last time out without a victory.

Happy days for Simba in their previous game, a Ligi kuu Bara match away at Biashara United (placed 18th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that match, a win away at Kagera Sugar.

Early season league goal statistics from Simba's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Azam form and stats

Only one away game in the Ligi kuu Bara so far for Azam and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 9 draws and 3 losses from 19 travels.

Azam won their last game, 2-1 versus Namungo played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Ndanda.

It's early days yet, but Azam has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 3 Simba victories, 4 draws and 2 Azam wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Simba missing players

Azam missing players

Simba Azam
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
4 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
10 2 0 Scored S 0 1 5
2 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4 7.7
3 2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4 3.3
0.7 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Simba Last season Azam
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
29 14   Won W   7 21
6 4   Drew D   9 12
3 1   Lost L   3 5
77 41   Scored S   16 54
15 6   Conceded C   11 21
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 84%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   42% 58%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   11% 29%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 18%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
32% 26%   BTTS BTTS   32% 34%
63% 68%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 55%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 26%
 
5.8 6.5   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 5.1
3 2.1   Corners Against (avg) C A   5 4.7
0.8 0.6   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.6
2 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Azam have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Azam have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Simba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Simba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Azam have scored away.
  • Simba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Simba
All Ligi kuu Bara CAF Confederations Cup CAF Champions League
All Home Away Home vs top
25-05-19 LKB Simba 1 - 1 Biashara United
28-05-19 LKB Mtibwa Sugar 0 - 0 Simba
10-08-19 CCL Songo 0 - 0 Simba
25-08-19 CCL Simba 1 - 1 Songo
29-08-19 LKB JKT Tanzania 1 - 3 Simba
13-09-19 LKB Simba 2 - 1 Mtibwa Sugar
26-09-19 LKB Kagera Sugar 0 - 3 Simba
29-09-19 LKB Biashara United 0 - 2 Simba
23-10-19 LKB Simba 15:00 Azam
31-10-19 LKB Simba 15:00 Lipuli
Azam
All Ligi kuu Bara CAF Confederations Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away Away vs top
28-05-19 LKB Young Africans 0 - 2 Azam
11-08-19 CCC Fasil Ketema 1 - 0 Azam
24-08-19 CCC Azam 3 - 1 Fasil Ketema
27-08-19 LKB KMC 0 - 1 Azam
15-09-19 CCC Azam 0 - 1 Triangle United
28-09-19 CCC Triangle United 1 - 0 Azam
02-10-19 LKB Azam 2 - 0 Ndanda
05-10-19 LKB Azam 2 - 1 Namungo
23-10-19 LKB Simba 15:00 Azam
31-10-19 LKB Coastal Union 15:00 Azam

  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 4 4 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 8 12
2 Namungo 6 3 1 2 6 4 4 3 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 10
3 Kagera Sugar 6 3 1 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 3 1 0 6 2 0 10
4 Azam 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 9
5 Tanzania Prisons 5 2 3 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 9
6 Ruvu Shooting 6 2 3 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 9
7 Lipuli 5 2 2 1 8 6 3 1 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 8
8 Polisi Tanzania 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 7
9 Coastal Union 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 7
10 Mbao 6 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 7
11 Mwadui 6 1 4 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 7
12 JKT Tanzania 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 -1 7
13 Alliance 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
14 Mtibwa Sugar 6 1 2 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 -4 5
15 Young Africans 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
16 Mbeya City 5 0 4 1 4 6 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 4
17 KMC 4 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 4
18 Biashara United 6 1 1 4 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 -4 4
19 Ndanda 6 0 3 3 3 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 3
20 Singida United 6 0 2 4 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 2 6 -5 2
Last season 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 38 29 6 3 77 15 19 14 4 1 41 6 19 15 2 2 36 9 62 93
2 Young Africans 38 27 5 6 56 27 19 16 1 2 37 16 19 11 4 4 19 11 29 86
3 Azam 38 21 12 5 54 21 19 14 3 2 38 10 19 7 9 3 16 11 33 75
4 KMC 38 13 16 9 40 25 19 10 6 3 28 11 19 3 10 6 12 14 15 55
5 Mtibwa Sugar 38 14 8 16 36 34 19 13 5 1 27 8 19 1 3 15 9 26 2 50
6 Lipuli 38 12 13 13 32 40 19 9 7 3 20 16 19 3 6 10 12 24 -8 49
7 Mbeya City 38 13 9 16 38 39 19 9 5 5 21 13 19 4 4 11 17 26 -1 48
8 Coastal Union 38 11 15 12 32 42 19 7 11 1 17 10 19 4 4 11 15 32 -10 48
9 Ndanda 38 12 12 14 25 37 19 10 6 3 20 12 19 2 6 11 5 25 -12 48
10 JKT Tanzania 38 11 14 13 29 35 19 10 6 3 19 8 19 1 8 10 10 27 -6 47
11 Alliance 38 12 11 15 34 43 19 10 5 4 25 15 19 2 6 11 9 28 -9 47
12 Tanzania Prisons 38 11 13 14 30 31 19 8 7 4 21 13 19 3 6 10 9 18 -1 46
13 Singida United 38 11 13 14 30 39 19 9 6 4 20 12 19 2 7 10 10 27 -9 46
14 Biashara United 38 11 12 15 30 35 19 9 7 3 18 11 19 2 5 12 12 24 -5 45
15 Ruvu Shooting 38 11 12 15 35 43 19 10 5 4 23 14 19 1 7 11 12 29 -8 45
16 Mbao 38 11 12 15 27 41 19 8 5 6 15 15 19 3 7 9 12 26 -14 45
17 Mwadui 38 12 8 18 47 52 19 9 6 4 33 18 19 3 2 14 14 34 -5 44
18 Kagera Sugar 38 10 14 14 33 43 19 8 5 6 18 16 19 2 9 8 15 27 -10 44
19 Stand United 38 12 8 18 38 50 19 8 6 5 19 17 19 4 2 13 19 33 -12 44
20 African Lyon 38 4 11 23 23 54 19 4 6 9 18 27 19 0 5 14 5 27 -31 23

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