Tanzanian Premier League giants, Simba and Yanga, will face off in the Kariokor Derby on Sunday evening at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam in a match in that they will not only be fighting for the three points but also for bragging rights.Yanga lead the log after 25 rounds of league matches with 60 points, and unless something out of the ordinary happens, they look destined to defend the title.Simba trail them by eight points after a similar number of matches, and they badly need a win to cut the lead and hope that the defending champions slip further in the remaining matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_7185203##This will be the 110th meeting in the league between the two teams since 1965.In the 109 matches played, Yanga registered 38 wins against Simba’s 31; the other 40 matches ended in draws. Yanga have scored 113 goals while Simba have found the back of the net 110 times.The last three derbies have all ended in draws. The previous six matches have been low-scoring affairs, with just one featuring more than one goal.Wekundu wa Msimbazi have not won a derby in four years, and coach Robertinho is desperate to get one of their archrivals.”It is a crucial match towards our target of winning the title. We need to reduce the point gap, and the only way to do that is to record victories in all of our remaining games. However, it is not going to be easy as the players will have to be very keen throughout the game,” he said in a press conference.”Our target is to do well, and we respect all the teams. We will make sure we do well,” Yanga assistant coach Cedric Kaze said.Kenyan international Joash Onyango is likely to start at the heart of defence for Simba.
Pre-match tactical analysis of the Ingo Derby