🔴LIVE: AS Vita vs Simba SC today February 12, 2021 results 1-0

 Squads & Team News

Position	AS Vita Club squad
Goalkeepers	Simon Omossola, Landú, Nathan Mabruki, Nelson Lukong.
Defenders	Amede Masasi, Ousmane Ouattara, Vivien Assie Koua, Guy Magema, Ernest Luzolo, Djuma Shabani, Patou Ebunga Simbi, Amende Masasi.
Midfielders	Girbeau Mambanzikila, Mosengo Tansele, Yves Magola Mapanda, Papy Tshishimbi Kabamba, Jérémie Mumbere, Zemanga Soze, Jeremie Kalenda, Sidi Yacoub, Merveille Kikaasa Wambu.
Forwards	Mbala Ndombe, Baoyi Boyombe, Mumbere Mbusa, Makabi Lilepo, Fiston Mayele, Ricky Tulenge, Mohamed Kalala.

AS Vita’s head coach Florent Ibenge is expected to field a strong side to face the Tanzanian champions in order to avoid humiliation at home.

The club understands the importance of getting a win at home and are set to give the Simba side a run for their money.

Probable XI for AS Vita Club: Omossola, Ouattara, Djuma, Assie, Ebunga, Masasi, Yacoub, Kikasa, Lilepo, Kalala, Tulenge.

Position	Simba SC squad
Goalkeepers	Aishi Manula, Beno Kakolanya, Ally Salim Juma.
Defenders	Shomari Kapombe, Joash Onyango, Pascal Wawa, Ibrahim Ame, Erasto Nyoni, Peter Muduhwa, Kennedy Juma, Gadiel Michael, Mohamed Hussein.
Midfielders	Tadeo Lwanga, Jonas Mkude, Larry Bwalya, Said Ndemla, Mzamiru Yassin, Luis Miquissone, Hassan Dilunga, Francis Kahata, Ibrahim Ajibu, Clatous Chama, Bernard Morrison.
Forwards	Meddie Kagere, Athumani Miraji, Chris Mugalu, and Junior Lokosa.

Simba head coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa left out new signing Patrick Chikwende but Junior Lokosa and Peter Muduhwa, as well as Taddeo Lwanga received places in the travelling squad of 27 players.

Captain John Bocco will miss the clash due to an injury but keeper Aishi Manula, and defender Shomari Kapombe are expected to feature despite arriving late as they represented Tanzania in the just concluded African Nations Championship in Cameroon.

Probable XI for Simba: Manula, Kapombe, Onyango, Wawa, Hussein, Mkude, Lwanga, Bwalya, Chama, Kagere, Miquissone.

Match Preview

AS Vita have not lost a game in the last five actions as they picked up four wins and a draw across all competitions.

The Ibenge side defeated Don Bosco 1-0 in their league, saw off Simba 4-2, beat Songo Balende 2-0, drew 2-2 against Young Buffaloes of Swaziland in the first leg of the Champions League, and then won the return leg 4-1 to advance 6-3 on aggregate to the group stage.

In the last five games, Simba have lost once against FC Platinum, where they went down 1-0 in Harare, before picking up two consecutive 4-0 wins against Ihefu FC and Platinum in the subsequent games. A 2-1 win over Dodoma Jiji followed before a 2-2 draw against Azam FC.

Coach Da Rosa has stated what his charges must do in order to claim a positive result against the hosts.

 MATOKEO

Mabingwa wa Tanzania, Simba SC wameanza vyema hatua ya 16 Bora Ligi ya Mabingwa Afrika baada ya ushindi wa 1-0 dhidi ya wenyeji, AS Vita Uwanja wa Martyrs de la Pentecote Jijini Kinshasa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC).

Chriss Mugalu ameiadhibu timu ya nyumbani kwao kwa penalti dakika ya 61 baada ya beki wa AS Vita, Ousmane Adama Ouattara kuunawa mpira uliopigwa na kiungo Luis Miquissone, raia wa Msumbiji.

 

Simba SC inatarajiwa kurejea Dar es Salaam kesho na kuunganisha safari Musoma mkoani Mara kwa ajili ya mchezo wa Ligi Kuu ya Tanzania Bara dhidi ya wenyeji, Biashara United Alhamisi ijayo Uwanja wa Karume.

 

Itacheza mechi yake ya pili ya Ligi ya Mabingwa dhidi ya mabingwa watetezi, Al Ahly Februari 23 Uwanja wa Benjamin Mkapa Jijini Dar es Salaam na katikati itakuwa na mechi nyingine ya ligi dhidi ya JKT Tanzania Machi 1 kabla ya kwenda kukamilisha mechi zake za mzunguko wa kwanza za ligi ya mabingwa kwa kucheza na wenyeji, Al Merreikh Machi 5 nchini Sudan.