Tanzania Prisons will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 33 points behind Simba.
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 Tanzania Prisons and Simba.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Simba's home stadium. The visitors last 24 games on grass have ended in 15 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. It's quite the trip for Simba when visiting Tanzania Prisons as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Tanzania Prisons form and stats
Tanzania Prisons have played 15 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).Tanzania Prisons lost their last game at Young Africans after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Biashara United that ended 0-0.
The Tanzania Prisons fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Tanzania Prisons are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sokoine Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 15 matches.
Simba form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Simba so far, with 13-1-2 (wins-draws-losses) so far. The away team, who have the most points (40) away in Ligi kuu Bara, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses. Simba have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. A great winning streak in away games for Simba as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Kagera Sugar have they travelled home without three points.Two travels in a row for Simba, whose manager P. Aussems could celebrate last time after the Ligi kuu Bara win against Mbeya City. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against JKT Tanzania.
The Simba manager P. Aussems has got the team scoring on the road, with 33 away goals in 16 matches. It's not easy to score on Simba as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Simba - Tanzania Prisons 1-0 entered in the official records. Last seven meetings between the teams: Tanzania Prisons won 2, Simba won 5 and 0 draws.Tanzania Prisons missing players
Simba missing players
| Tanzania Prisons | Simba | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 15 | 3 | Played | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Lost | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | 18 | 4 | Scored | 12 | 33 | 60 |
| 27 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 90% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 76% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 55% |
| 12% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 17% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 7% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | 80% | 44% | 34% |
| 52% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | 20% | 50% | 62% |
| 45% | 27% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.7 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 1 | 2 | 2 |
- Simba is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Tanzania Prisons is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 11-02-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 1 - 0 | Stand United |
| 14-02-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 1 - 0 | Azam |
| 20-02-19 | | Mbeya City | 0 - 1 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 03-03-19 | | Singida United | 2 - 1 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 09-03-19 | | African Lyon | 1 - 2 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 15-03-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 2 - 0 | JKT Tanzania |
| 03-04-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 2 - 0 | Mwadui |
| 06-04-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 0 - 0 | Biashara United |
| 02-05-19 | | Young Africans | 2 - 1 | Tanzania Prisons |
| 05-05-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 13:00 | Simba |
| 19-04-19 | | Kagera Sugar | 2 - 1 | Simba |
| 23-04-19 | | Alliance | 0 - 2 | Simba |
| 25-04-19 | | KMC | 1 - 2 | Simba |
| 27-04-19 | | Biashara United | 0 - 2 | Simba |
| 30-04-19 | | Simba | 1 - 0 | JKT Tanzania |
| 03-05-19 | | Mbeya City | 1 - 2 | Simba |
| 05-05-19 | | Tanzania Prisons | 13:00 | Simba |
| 16-05-19 | | Simba | 13:00 | Mtibwa Sugar |
| 19-05-19 | | Simba | 13:00 | Ndanda |
| 25-05-19 | | Simba | 13:00 | Biashara United |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Young Africans | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 30 | 80 |
| 2 | Simba | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 48 | 75 |
| 3 | Azam | 33 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 66 |
| 4 | Mtibwa Sugar | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lipuli | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 48 |
| 6 | Ndanda | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -8 | 43 |
| 7 | KMC | 33 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Coastal Union | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -4 | 41 |
| 10 | Singida United | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 11 | Mbeya City | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 12 | Kagera Sugar | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -9 | 39 |
| 14 | JKT Tanzania | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -10 | 39 |
| 15 | Stand United | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 39 |
| 16 | Alliance | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -12 | 38 |
| 17 | Biashara United | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 37 |
| 18 | Mwadui | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 28 | -6 | 37 |
| 19 | Mbao | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -14 | 37 |
| 20 | African Lyon | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 24 | -24 | 22 |