Young Africans vs Mbeya City betting preview

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Competition: Tanzania Ligi kuu Bara
Competition: Sat 12.September
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium (60000 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Young Africans and Mbeya City battle it out at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium.

Young Africans and Mbeya City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

It should be mentioned that Mbeya City play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Mbeya City on artifical turf are 0 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats from eight games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 3-16. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's quite the trip for Mbeya City when visiting Africans as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Young Africans form and stats

The first Ligi kuu Bara game here at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Young Africans's home game statistics were 10 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats from 19 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Young Africans, who played 1-1 against Tanzania Prisons. That match was also played at this venue (Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium).

At Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Young Africans has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

Last season, Young Africans's league statistics were 19 wins, 15 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Ligi kuu Bara. Over these 38 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Young Africans managed 10-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 18 conceded.

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Mbeya City form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Ligi kuu Bara ended in defeat. Last season Mbeya City had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 5, drew 5 and lost 9.

Mbeya lost away at KMC (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Mbeya lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

0 goals so far away for Mbeya City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 1 league match away.

Let's have a look at how Mbeya City performed last season in the Ligi kuu Bara: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 15/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Africans wins - draws - Mbeya City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Young Africans missing players

Mbeya City missing players

Young Africans Mbeya City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
13 13 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
1 1 0 Total Shots T S 0 8 8
1 1 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Young Africans Last season Mbeya City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 10   Won W   5 12
15 7   Drew D   5 9
4 2   Lost L   9 17
45 27   Scored S   15 33
28 18   Conceded C   21 42
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
50% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 53%
26% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 32%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 16%
8% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
42% 47%   BTTS BTTS   32% 37%
47% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   53% 45%
 
4.9 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 5.2
3.2 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3.8
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.1
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
131 70   Total Shots T S   73 279
49 26   Shots on Target S O   13 41
53% 69%   Goal Efficiency G E   69% 56%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 KMC 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Simba 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
3 Azam 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Biashara United 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Dodoma Jiji 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 JKT Tanzania 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Namungo 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Tanzania Prisons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Young Africans 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Mtibwa Sugar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Ruvu Shooting 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Ihefu 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Coastal Union 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Gwambina 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Kagera Sugar 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Mwadui 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Polisi Tanzania 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Mbeya City 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 38 27 7 4 78 21 19 14 3 2 47 13 19 13 4 2 31 8 57 88
2 Young Africans 38 19 15 4 45 28 19 10 7 2 27 18 19 9 8 2 18 10 17 72
3 Azam 38 20 10 8 52 26 19 13 4 2 34 13 19 7 6 6 18 13 26 70
4 Namungo 38 17 13 8 46 37 19 12 6 1 24 10 19 5 7 7 22 27 9 64
5 Polisi Tanzania 38 15 10 13 37 35 19 9 7 3 19 12 19 6 3 10 18 23 2 55
6 JKT Tanzania 38 13 15 10 34 32 19 6 7 6 13 13 19 7 8 4 21 19 2 54
7 Coastal Union 38 14 11 13 33 30 19 8 7 4 18 10 19 6 4 9 15 20 3 53
8 Kagera Sugar 38 15 7 16 44 41 19 7 5 7 21 20 19 8 2 9 23 21 3 52
9 Biashara United 38 12 14 12 29 27 19 10 5 4 17 10 19 2 9 8 12 17 2 50
10 Tanzania Prisons 38 10 19 9 35 30 19 5 10 4 16 14 19 5 9 5 19 16 5 49
11 Mwadui 38 12 11 15 39 45 19 10 6 3 23 14 19 2 5 12 16 31 -6 47
12 Ruvu Shooting 38 12 11 15 34 42 19 10 5 4 19 16 19 2 6 11 15 26 -8 47
13 KMC 38 13 7 18 35 47 19 10 3 6 23 19 19 3 4 12 12 28 -12 46
14 Mtibwa Sugar 38 11 12 15 30 34 19 8 5 6 19 17 19 3 7 9 11 17 -4 45
15 Mbeya City 38 12 9 17 33 42 19 7 4 8 18 21 19 5 5 9 15 21 -9 45
16 Mbao 38 12 9 17 33 43 19 9 4 6 24 15 19 3 5 11 9 28 -10 45
17 Alliance 38 11 12 15 36 48 19 6 8 5 24 26 19 5 4 10 12 22 -12 45
18 Lipuli 38 12 8 18 43 51 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 3 3 13 12 33 -8 44
19 Ndanda 38 9 14 15 28 35 19 7 7 5 16 12 19 2 7 10 12 23 -7 41
20 Singida United 38 4 6 28 23 73 19 2 2 15 13 30 19 2 4 13 10 43 -50 18