Only victory will be enough for the Simba club members in this Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium duel with Mtibwa Sugar, seeing as they have a solid lead on their opponents in the Ligi kuu Bara table.
- Simba is in the best form (4-2-0) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mtibwa Sugar have scored away.
Simba is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Simba's stadium, Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Mtibwa Sugar have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Mtibwa Sugar when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from six matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 12.
Simba have less rest than Mtibwa Sugar in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligi kuu Bara game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mtibwa Sugar have had more rest.
Simba form and stats
This stadium, Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, has been a fortress for Simba in the Ligi kuu Bara so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 12-2-0. After failing to beat Ruvu Shooting here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Simba has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Simba's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus KMC (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Simba won a home game hosting Mbeya City (3-0).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Simba home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Franco will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tanzania Prisons in only three days.
A decent goal production from Simba in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. Simba have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Mtibwa Sugar form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mtibwa Sugar so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Mtibwa are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Ruvu Shooting in their previous game.
A 0-2 defeat away at Polisi Tanzania before that.After this away game Mtibwa Sugar return home for a Ligi kuu Bara game against Namungo. That game is only two sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Mtibwa when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Mtibwa Sugar have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These two sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Mtibwa Sugar - Simba 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Simba five wins, five draws and Mtibwa Sugar zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Simba missing players
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| Simba | Mtibwa Sugar | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 16 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 39 | 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 27 |
| 78% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 52% | 57% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 59% |
| 37% | 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 26% |
| 19% | 14% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 15% |
| 7% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 37% | 29% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 44% |
| 56% | 71% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 33% |
| 30% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 31% | 41% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 60% | 96% | 92% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 60% | 46% |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 9.4 | 7.9 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
- Mtibwa Sugar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Simba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Simba have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 Mtibwa Sugar have scored away.
- Simba have the most points (38) at home in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Simba is in the best form (4-2-0) in Ligi kuu Bara
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 67 |
| 2 | Simba | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 57 |
| 3 | Geita Gold | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Azam | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 40 |
| 5 | Namungo | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Coastal Union | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 37 |
| 7 | Polisi Tanzania | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Mbeya City | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Kagera Sugar | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 35 |
| 10 | KMC | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Dodoma Jiji | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -11 | 32 |
| 12 | Mtibwa Sugar | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -13 | 28 |
| 14 | Tanzania Prisons | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 26 |
| 15 | Biashara United | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 25 |
| 16 | Mbeya Kwanza | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -13 | 24 |
