This could be an interesting match as Tanzania Prisons have their presumed home advantage while Young Africans are ahead 7 points in the Ligi kuu Bara table.
The visiting Young Africans played their last game only three days ago, a Ligi kuu Bara match. That game, against Singida United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Young Africans.
Young Africans play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Young Africans when playing on grass are 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 19 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Young Africans when visiting Tanzania Prisons as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Tanzania Prisons form and stats
Overall Ligi kuu Bara stats at home this season for Tanzania Prisons are 2-4-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The Tanzania Prisons fans got no joy from their last match, a Ligi kuu Bara game also here: A 2-3 defeat against Namungo (placed 5th). In the match before that, Tanzania Prisons hosted Ndanda and drew the game 0-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Tanzania Prisons here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Tanzania Prisons have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Young Africans form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Ligi kuu Bara.
Two travels in a row for Young Africans, whose manager M. Zahera could celebrate last time after the Ligi kuu Bara win against Singida United. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Azam's place.
Young Africans are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Young Africans are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Tanzania Prisons - Young Africans 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Tanzania Prisons-Young Africans H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Tanzania Prisons 1 win, Young Africans 6 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Tanzania Prisons missing players
Young Africans missing players
| Tanzania Prisons | Young Africans | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 93% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 40% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 117 | 86 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 65 |
| 27 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| 41% | 32% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 61% |
- Tanzania Prisons has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 41 |
| 2 | Azam | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Coastal Union | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Young Africans | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Namungo | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Kagera Sugar | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | JKT Tanzania | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Lipuli | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Polisi Tanzania | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Mtibwa Sugar | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Tanzania Prisons | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | KMC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Ruvu Shooting | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 14 | Alliance | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Mbao | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Biashara United | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Mwadui | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Mbeya City | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Singida United | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 10 |
| 20 | Ndanda | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 9 |