Bantu
and Lioli pulled away from the pack with vital wins this weekend. There’s now a
six-point gap from Lioli in second place to third-placed LDF, putting A Matšo Matebele and Tse Nala in the title race driving seats
as the Vodacom Premier League heads into a two-week break.
Bantu
got the ball rolling with a 2-1 win over Joy on Saturday to temporarily move
five points clear at the top. The win was the Mafeteng side’s eighth in nine
games. However, Lioli pegged Bantu back with a 2-1 victory of their own over
Linare yesterday at the Lioli Stadium.
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| The team to beat... Bantu |
It
wasn’t easy, though. Tse Nala grabbed
a 2-0 lead within an hour thanks to goals from Tšepo Seturumane and Bafokeng
Mosala and seemed on course for a comfortable Great-North Derby win. However,
Linare pulled a goal back mid-way through the second half via Leboneng Moqecho
and Lioli were forced to cling on towards the end, especially after captain Shetsane
Ramoseeka was sent off late on.
Elsewhere,
champions LCS failed to keep pace in the title race after they were held 0-0 by
LMPS on Saturday. Masheshena, with 21
points, are 11 points behind leaders Bantu but they do have two games in hand.
LDF
endured a similarly frustrating weekend as they dropped two valuable points at
home to basement dwellers Nyenye Rovers yesterday. Sohle-Sohle remain third but are now six points behind Lioli and
eight behind Bantu after a 1-1 draw at Ratjomose.
Qoaling
Highlanders were the only movers, position-wise, this weekend thanks to a pulsating
3-2 win over Mpharane Celtic in Qoaling yesterday. The result moves Highlanders
up to eighth in the table with 15 points, five above the relegation zone.
The
league will resume on March 30 after a break for Lesotho ’s
2014 World Cup qualifier against Zambia
Results
Saturday, 9 March
LMPS
0-0 LCS (PTC Ground, 16:00)
Bantu
2-1 Joy (Mafeteng, 16:00)
Matlama v Likhopo (Postponed)
Sunday, 10 March
LDF
1-1 Nyenye Rovers
Lioli
2-1 Linare
Qoaling
Highlanders 3-2 Mpharane Celtic
Vodacom Premier League
|
|
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Bantu
|
14
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
12
|
16
|
32
|
|
2
|
Lioli
|
14
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
30
|
|
3
|
LDF
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
19
|
10
|
9
|
24
|
|
4
|
LCS
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
21
|
|
5
|
Linare
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
17
|
12
|
5
|
19
|
|
6
|
LMPS
|
15
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
-1
|
18
|
|
7
|
Joy
|
13
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
19
|
22
|
-3
|
16
|
|
8
|
Qoaling Highlanders
|
14
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
12
|
19
|
-7
|
15
|
|
9
|
Likhopo
|
14
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
9
|
14
|
-5
|
14
|
|
10
|
Mpharane Celtic
|
15
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
20
|
35
|
-15
|
13
|
|
11
|
Matlama
|
10
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
11
|
15
|
-4
|
10
|
|
12
|
Nyenye Rovers
|
14
|
1
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
20
|
-11
|
10
|
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