This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both teams, as it's the first Ligi kuu Bara fixture of the season. Both Simba and Geita Gold are aiming for a bright start to their campaign.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Simba and Geita Gold.
Simba form and stats
The previous season, Simba's league results were 17 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, ending with 2nd position in the Ligi kuu Bara. In these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and let in 14. Appearing as the home side in the last season Simba produced 13-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 4 conceded.
Simba are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 13, drew 0 and lost 0.
Geita Gold form and stats
Let's have a look at how Geita Gold performed last season in the Ligi kuu Bara: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 10/16 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Simba victory, one draw and zero Geita Gold wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Simba missing players
Geita Gold missing players
| Simba | Geita Gold | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simba | Last season | Geita Gold | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 77% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 70% | ||
| 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 33% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | ||
| 57% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 33% | ||
| 33% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 23% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.9 | 2 | ||
| 59% | 96% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 82% | 57% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mbeya City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Coastal Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ruvu Shooting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Singida Big Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Mtibwa Sugar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Namungo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Azam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Geita Gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kagera Sugar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Simba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Polisi Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ihefu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | KMC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Tanzania Prisons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Dodoma Jiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Young Africans | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 41 | 74 |
| 2 | Simba | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 61 |
| 3 | Azam | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Geita Gold | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 46 |
| 5 | Namungo | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 39 |
| 7 | Coastal Union | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 38 |
| 8 | Polisi Tanzania | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 9 | Mbeya City | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 10 | KMC | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 35 |
| 12 | Ruvu Shooting | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 34 |
| 13 | Mtibwa Sugar | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 31 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 29 |
| 15 | Biashara United | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 28 |
| 16 | Mbeya Kwanza | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -17 | 25 |
