Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Simba welcomes Young Africans

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Stadium (60000 seats)

Simba and Young Africans are both riding high in the Ligi kuu Bara with their 1st and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligi kuu Bara. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ndanda, was also a home game here at National Stadium. The away team is better rested.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Simba form and stats

Simba, who have the most scored goals (27) in Ligi kuu Bara, have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligi kuu Bara with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Simba has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at National Stadium.

The Simba goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 540 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligi kuu Bara.

Simba's last game was hosting Ndanda (placed 19th) and winning 2-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting KMC and winning 2-0.

Goals decide football matches and Simba are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Simba have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Young Africans form and stats

Playing away, Young Africans have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Ligi kuu Bara this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Young Africans as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Young Africans have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in Ligi kuu Bara.

The supporters enjoyed Young Africans's previous game versus Biashara United (placed 16th), a Ligi kuu Bara 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tanzania Prisons at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Young Africans have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. The Young Africans defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 5 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Simba 3 wins, 3 draws and Young Africans 2 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Simba missing players

Young Africans missing players

Simba Young Africans
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 0 5 11
11 5 2 Won W 0 4 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
27 13 5 Scored S 0 5 14
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 8
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 91%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 36%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 27%
23% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
15% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 36%
77% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 80% 55%
15% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
5.9 5.2 2.5 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.8 4.6
2.7 2.2 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.4 3.2
0.8 0.6 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
88 40 1 Total Shots T S 0 36 60
38 15 0 Shots on Target S O 0 13 22
39% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 55%
Key stats in Ligi kuu Bara this season:
  • Simba has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
  • Simba has the fewest conceded goals (3)
  • Simba has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1)
  • Simba has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Simba has the most scored goals (27)
  • Simba has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
  • Simba has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • 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 Young Africans have scored away.
  • Simba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Young Africans has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
  • Young Africans have not yet lost a game away.
  • Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

  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 13 11 1 1 27 3 6 5 1 0 13 1 7 6 0 1 14 2 24 34
2 Azam 13 8 2 3 18 8 5 3 2 0 8 4 8 5 0 3 10 4 10 26
3 Coastal Union 15 8 2 5 16 10 8 5 1 2 9 4 7 3 1 3 7 6 6 26
4 Lipuli 15 7 3 5 24 17 9 6 2 1 21 8 6 1 1 4 3 9 7 24
5 Young Africans 11 7 3 1 14 8 6 3 2 1 9 7 5 4 1 0 5 1 6 24
6 Kagera Sugar 14 7 3 4 18 14 6 2 1 3 5 8 8 5 2 1 13 6 4 24
7 Mtibwa Sugar 15 6 4 5 14 13 8 4 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 6 7 1 22
8 Namungo 13 7 1 5 12 11 8 6 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 4 2 6 1 22
9 JKT Tanzania 15 6 4 5 15 15 9 3 2 4 5 7 6 3 2 1 10 8 0 22
10 Tanzania Prisons 14 4 8 2 13 10 6 2 3 1 5 4 8 2 5 1 8 6 3 20
11 Polisi Tanzania 14 6 2 6 13 13 8 5 1 2 7 4 6 1 1 4 6 9 0 20
12 Alliance 15 5 5 5 12 17 8 2 3 3 7 12 7 3 2 2 5 5 -5 20
13 Ruvu Shooting 15 5 4 6 12 16 7 4 2 1 6 5 8 1 2 5 6 11 -4 19
14 Mbao 15 4 5 6 11 14 9 2 3 4 7 8 6 2 2 2 4 6 -3 17
15 Mwadui 14 3 7 4 11 13 6 2 4 0 7 5 8 1 3 4 4 8 -2 16
16 Biashara United 15 4 4 7 8 12 7 3 1 3 3 5 8 1 3 4 5 7 -4 16
17 KMC 14 2 4 8 9 18 6 2 1 3 5 7 8 0 3 5 4 11 -9 10
18 Mbeya City 15 1 7 7 8 21 7 0 3 4 3 10 8 1 4 3 5 11 -13 10
19 Ndanda 15 1 5 9 6 16 8 1 3 4 4 7 7 0 2 5 2 9 -10 8
20 Singida United 14 1 4 9 6 18 5 0 1 4 2 6 9 1 3 5 4 12 -12 7