Ligi kuu Bara: Tanzania Prisons - Dodoma Jiji pre-match guide and facts

It's no vacation for neither Tanzania Prisons nor Dodoma Jiji as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Tanzania Prisons form and stats

Tanzania Prisons's struggle is real here at Sokoine Stadium with only 8 points collected from 9 Ligi kuu Bara games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. When Tanzania Prisons hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Ruvu Shooting, Tanzania Prisons, Ihefu, Coastal Union and Polisi Tanzania), they have won 1 of 2 matches! The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Sokoine Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Namungo game.

The Tanzania Prisons club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sokoine Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Singida Big Stars (placed 4th).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Young Africans.

Low on goals? Looking at this club's last 14 league matches, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tanzania as they are travelling to their away game against Mbeya City in the Ligi kuu Bara. That match is four days after this one.

Tanzania Prisons have scored {8 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Tanzania Prisons has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

Dodoma Jiji form and stats

Playing away, Dodoma Jiji have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligi kuu Bara this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Dodoma Jiji on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's the second away game in a row for Dodoma, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Mbeya City (placed 8th) last time out.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Ruvu Shooting.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dodoma Jiji as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Dodoma Jiji have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the squads faced each other previously this season; Dodoma Jiji - Tanzania 1-2. Tanzania Prisons-Dodoma Jiji H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Tanzania Prisons three wins, Dodoma Jiji two wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Tanzania Prisons missing players

Dodoma Jiji missing players