Ligi Kuu: Yanga out to extend unblemished start against Azam

Current Tanzania’s Ligi Kuu Bara log leaders Yanga FC will be hoping to extend their unblemished start to the 2021/2022 season when they travel to the Azam Sports Complex to take on third placed Azam FC, home to Kenyan international Kenneth Muguna, in a highly billed Dar es Salaam Derby set for Wednesday evening.Going into the game, Yanga fans have every reason to cheer as since the start of the season, the Jangwani Street side has shown every glimpse of recapturing the league title from the hands of Simba who have capably won the last four titles in a row.However, this season, that dominance seems to be on a knife edge owing to Yanga’s impressive display that has seen the club not lose any of the 18 matches they have played since the campaign started (W15 D3).It has been a near perfect campaign for Yanga. They are clear by 11 points. It looks an extremely tall task for any team to catch them.Undefeated after 18 rounds, have kept 8 clean sheets in a row. It is becoming an achievement to score against them, let alone beat them. pic.twitter.com/sIdIM4KgeK— MichaelMwebe (@MichaelMwebe) April 5, 2022 Against Azam, the table toppers will be going into the clash seeking to extend their current eleven point lead against reigning champions Simba who sit in second place on 37 points with a game in hand.3.30 Azam 2.85 Yanga 2.30 Having already defeated the ice cream makers 2-0 in the first leg back in October 2021, Yanga have a possible chance of completing a famous league double over Muguna’s side for the first time since the 2012/2013 season, a task which former Azam midfielder Salum Abubakar, who joined Yanga in January this year, believes is going to be tough but which the team is capable of doing on the way to its main goal.”Our aim is clear. We want to win not only this game against Azam but every game we play. We have that quality to beat any team in the league including Azam but it is not going to be easy as they too have good quality players and it is a derby. We will fight to win this match in order to be in a good position to win this title,” the son of former national team winger Abubakar Salum is quoted on Daily News website.𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛🏟Mchezo wetu unaofata Ligi Kuu NBC ni dhidi ya Azam FC Jumatano Saa 2:15 Usiku💪🏽#TheClubAboveAll #ReturnOfChampions#DaimaMbeleNyumaMwiko pic.twitter.com/OzFYbWFMPT— Young Africans SC (@yangasc1935) April 4, 2022 On the other hand, Chamazi giants Azam will be trying to do what no other team has been able to do this season – beat Yanga.The team will find consolation in the fact that the last time Yanga lost, almost a year ago (25 April 2021), it was them who masterminded that loss. A 0-1 victory back in the in 2020/2021 season.CAFCL & CAFCC: Joash gets audition at Orlando Pirates as Al Ahly face Raja”We will be at home and that is a huge winning boost against Yanga. They won the first leg match at their home ground and we will try to win at our home. I understand they have never beaten us back to back in one league season,” Azam’s spokesman Thabit Zakaria said.DAR DERBY: Hawa ni mashabiki wa Azam FC…. wanasema Yanga kwao ni motto tu…!!! Ni Derby ya Dar es Salaam kesho saa 2:15 usiku LIVE #AzamSports1HD #NBCPremierLeague #LigiKuuYaNBC #NBCPL #NBCPLUpdates #SasaItakuwaje #DarDerby #DaressalaamDerby #AzamFC #YangaSC #AzamYanga pic.twitter.com/m2rkLsHeUo— Azam TV (@azamtvtz) April 5, 2022 Out of the last nine meetings, Yanga hold the advantage having won five compared to Azam’s three with the one ending as a draw.Can the league leaders get the double? The match kicks off at 2015EAT.In the earlier kickoff, relegation threatened Biashara Mara United and Mbeya Kwanza will be fighting for their lives when they clash at the Nyamagana Stadium.Biashara are third last on the log while Mbeya occupy bottom position on the table. The game starts at 1600EAT.

 

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