Tanzania â Sensational derby awaits Simba and Yanga
Tanzania football giants Simba SC and Young Africans âYangaâ lock horns in the â
Kariakoo Derbyâ on Saturday (8 May 2021) evening, at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam.
They meet for the third time this season, after having a 1-1 draw in the first round of the Tanzania Premier League (VPL), before Yanga won the Mapinduzi Cup final on penalties last January to lift their first trophy of the season.
Simba sits on top of VPL with 61 points after 25 games, while their rivals Yanga - who led the table for so long - they dropped to second place with 57 points from 27 games.
Chiefs not taking Simba lightly May 2, 2021 - 09:00 am By Staff Reporter
Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt says they have no reason to take their CAF Champions League quarter-final opponents Simba lightly considering how well they did in the group stages.
Chiefs will start off at home in a fortnight against the Tanzanian powerhouse and then travel to Dar es Salaam a week later in what will be a blood and thunder contest before the partisan local crowd.
Tanzania is allowing fans into the stadium for their matches. Tough draw because any team that you that draw now is a tough draw, says Hunt.
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Apr 16, 2021 - 08:38 am By Lovemore Moyo
Kaizer Chiefs have been handed a stern warning about thinking Simba SC would be their easiest opponent in the CAF Champions League quarter-finals.
According to the CAF regulations, Chiefs can only meet teams that finished top of their groups but not Wydad Casablanca because they were in the same group.
This means any of Simba SC (Tanzania), Esperance (Tunisia) and Mamelodi Sundowns will provide the opposition when the quarter-final draw is conducted on April 30. Chiefs fans must not expect that Simba will be the easiest of all opponents that they stand to play against,” warns Tanzanian defender Abdi Banda, who spent three years at Simba, in an interview with