Match Report
Simba went into the game 1st in the table on 13 points; Vita Club sat 3rd on 7 — a 6-point gap. Vita Club ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Simba 1.5 scored and 0.33 conceded per game, Vita Club 1.67 and 2, with the league averaging 1.02.
Simba had not lost in 9 games. Over the last five, Simba had taken 13 of 15 points to Vita Club's 7.
The match was played at Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar-es-Salaam (capacity 60,000). Simba led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.