Simba SC and rivals Young Africans (Yanga SC) will miss some of their key players when they clash in the final of the Mapinduzi Cup on Wednesday.
The two Tanzanian giants will meet for the second time this season in the Kariakoo derby at Amaan Stadium in Arusha, but each team will have to navigate the final without some of their key players.
Simba will miss the services of 11 players - midfielder Clatous Chama, Luis Miquissone, Larry Bwalya, who were given a break atter their Caf Champions League triumph against FC Platinum from Zimbabwe, keeper Aishi Manula, John Bocco, Erasto Nyoni, Shomari Kapombe, and Said Ndemla, who are in the Tanzania squad preparing for the African Nations Championship (Chan) tournament to be staged in Cameroon.