Mtibwa Sugar edge Azam as Simba lose second consecutive match

Tanzania Premier League 2020-21:

Mtibwa Sugar 1-0 Azam

Simba 0-1 Ruvu Shooting

Dodoma Jiji 0-0 Tanzania Prisons

Mtibwa Sugar Football Club halted Azam’s 100 percent winning run with a 1-0 home victory  at the Jamhuri Stadium in Morogoro on Monday during match day 8 of the 2020-21 Tanzania Premier League.

Jaffar Kibaya scored the solitary strike in the 64^th minute during the match that Uganda Cranes roving right back Nicholas Wadada played full time for Azam.

This was the third victory for Mtibwa Sugar in 8 matches for Vicent Barnabas’ coached side.

Mtibwa Sugar, still missing the services of Ugandan born midfielder Boban Zirintusa Bogere climbed to 10^th with 11 points.

Azam suffered their first loss in 8 matches and remained the log leaders with 21 points.

Meanwhile, Simba further slipped down with a 1-0 loss to Ruvu Shooting, their second loss.

Ruvu Shooting ascended to 7^th on the 18 team table standings with 12 points, same as Dodoma Jiji and Tanzania Prisons.

Simba dropped to fourth as they remain on 13 points from 7 matches.

Dodoma Jiji and Tanzania Prisons played to a goal-less draw.