The Ligi kuu Bara league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Simba and Gwambina are placed 3rd and 14th respectively.
The visiting Gwambina played their last game only four days ago, a Ligi kuu Bara match. That game, against Ruvu Shooting, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Gwambina.
Simba form and stats
The hosts won their first Ligi kuu Bara game here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Simba last season were 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from 19 games.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Simba played a great game against Biashara United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Simba at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Gwambina form and stats
It's not happening yet for Gwambina on their Ligi kuu Bara travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Gwambina seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Gwambina have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
0 goals so far away for Gwambina, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Simba missing players
Gwambina missing players
| Simba | Gwambina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 86% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Simba has the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Ligi kuu Bara