The Young Africans & KMC managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ligi kuu Bara league table.
- Young Africans have the most points from losing position (7) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KMC have scored away.
Young Africans form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 11 Ligi kuu Bara games here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium for Young Africans. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Africans tasted defeat here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.
Africans manager M. Zahera and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Polisi Tanzania (placed 9th) in the Ligi kuu Bara. Heartbreak before that as Africans lost 1-2 at Coastal Union's place.
A decent goal production from Africans in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Young Africans have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
KMC form and stats
KMC have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ligi kuu Bara, after 2-4-7 (13 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. KMC goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 244 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
KMC won their last game, 1-0 versus Ruvu Shooting played at home. Before that, KMC travelled to Coastal Union and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: KMC - Africans 1-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Africans wins - draws - KMC wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Young Africans missing players
KMC missing players
| Young Africans | KMC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 36 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 46% | 50% |
| 35% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 29% |
| 52% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 42% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 62% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.8 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 70% | 94% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | 38% |
- Young Africans have not yet lost a game at home.
- Young Africans have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Young Africans have scored at least twice as many goals at home as KMC have scored away.
- Young Africans have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Young Africans have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans have the most points from losing position (7) in Ligi kuu Bara
- Young Africans haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Simba | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 46 |
| 3 | Azam | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Biashara United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 39 |
| 5 | KMC | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Ruvu Shooting | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Dodoma Jiji | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Tanzania Prisons | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Polisi Tanzania | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Namungo | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Gwambina | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Coastal Union | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Kagera Sugar | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Mtibwa Sugar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | JKT Tanzania | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Mbeya City | 24 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | Ihefu | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -20 | 21 |
| 18 | Mwadui | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 20 | -26 | 16 |