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On Wednesday, Young Africans and ambitious Coastal Union will renew their growing rivalry at the National stadium, Dar.
Young Africans opened the defence of the league title by thrashing 5-1 newly promoted Ashanti United at the same venue last Saturday.
Their next three league fixtures see them take on newly promoted Mbeya City (away), Tanzania Prisons (away), Azam (Away).
They are placed first on the Vodacom Premier League log with three points thanks to a superior goal difference after the first round of matches.
Coastal Union, popularly known as Wagosi wa Kaya began their league campaign with a 2-0 win away to army side JKT Oljoro in Arusha.
Their next three league fixtures see them take on Tanzania Prisons (home), Rhino Rangers (Home) and Ruvu Shooting (Home).
Coastal Union are placed fourth after the first round of matches played last weekend. They were the only away team to emerge with a victory.
In recent head-to-head stats, Young Africans have won five of the last six encounters since the Tanga based outfit got promoted to the Vodacom Premier league. The last meeting the two ended in a 1-1 draw in a match that saw Yanga being crowned league champions.
Young Africans line-up from their 5-1 win over Ashanti United: 1. Ally Mustapha 2.Juma Abdul 3. David Luhende 4. Nadir Haroub 5. Mbuyu Twite 6. Athumani Idd (Frank Domayo 18), 7. Saimon Msuva 8. Salum Telela 9. Didier Kavumbagu (Hussein Javu 68) 10. Jerson Tegete (Nizar Khalfan 82) 11. Haruna Niyonzima
Coastal Unions line-up from their 2-0 win over JKT Oljoro: 1.Shaaban Kado 2. Hamad Juma 3. Abdi Banda 4. Marcus Ndehele 5. Juma Nyoso 6. Razak Khalfan 7. Uhuru Seleman 8. Haruna Moshi 9. Kato Yayo 10. Crispin Odula 11. Suleiman Kassim
source Tanzanian Soccer: Vodacom Premier League Preview: Young Africans Vs Coastal Union
