NBC Premier League; Rounds 17, 18 trumpet goals galore

DAR ES SALAAM: GOALS galore have trumpeted the superiority of round 17 of the Tanzania mainland Premier League over the recently climaxed 18^th round.

The 18^th round hero is Simba who have fired home 3 goals past Tanzania Prisons, and the win has once again handed Simba a pilot seat.

Simba, who are the best performer of the 17^th round, are the biggest beneficiaries of round 18 that also saw 15 goals being netted.

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The number of goals gives an average of 1.8 per match.

While Simba enjoyed the best win, the best from the 18^th round, however, is the 4-goal thriller penned in a match between Namungo and Dodoma Jiji at Majaliwa Stadium in Ruangwa. Four goals were netted in their 2-2 draw.

The worsts from the 18^th round was a goal drought in two venues.

JKT Tanzania who held Young Africans to a barren draw while another barren draw was staged at the Lake Tanganyika Stadium where Mashujaa and Coastal Unio shared spoils.

While Simba-Tanzania Prisons match commanded the beauty of the 18^th round, Young Africans commanded the run in the 17^th round that besides granting them a pilot seat, it also stamped a 7-goal thriller.

Young Africans clobbered Ken Gold 6-1, and the win awarded them a pilot seat which Simba reclaimed in the 18^th round.

The 17^th round stood 10-goal superior to the 18^th round as 25 goals were netted in this round.

25 goals make an average of 3.1 goals per game.

The 25 goals galore was recorded in Tabora’s 2-1 loss to Namungo, Young Africans’ 6-1 win over Ken Gold Pamba’s 1-0 win over Dodoma Jiji, Prisons’ 2-1 win over Mashujaa 2-1, Simba’s 1-1 tie with Fountain Gate, Azam’s 2-0 victory over KMC, Coastal Union’s 2-1 win over  JKT Tanzania and Singida BS 2-2 draw with Kagera Sugar.