Lioli return to the top of the Vodacom Premier League

Lioli back on top

Lioli have returned to the top of the Vodacom Premier League thanks to a hard fought 1-0 over LCS this afternoon at Setsoto Stadium.

The champions played almost the entire 90 minutes with 10 men after goalkeeper Liteboho Mokhehle was sent off in the first minute of the game. However, Lioli matched LCS and claimed the winner through Nkoto Masoabi’s second half strike. Tse Nala now lead Matlama by two points. Masheshena remain third, four points behind Lioli.

In Butha-Buthe, Likhopo’s recent poor form continued as the Red Army suffered a 2-0 loss to relegation-threatened Likila United. The loss leaves Likhopo five points adrift of fourth place while Likila’s win lifts them from the relegation zone to tenth place.

In the weekend’s final fixture, Linare’s season went from bad to worse as Tse Nala were beaten 2-1 by Sandawana at the Maputsoe DiFA Stadium. Sandawana strengthen their grip on fourth place win the victory. They are four points ahead of Bantu. Linare, on the other hand, drop to 12th, only above the drop zone on goal difference.

Vodacom Premier League Results

Sunday 20th March

Likila United 2-0 Likhopo

Lioli 1-0 LCS

Linare 1-2 Sandawana

Vodacom Premier League Table

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Lioli	20	13	6	1	31	8	23	45
2	Matlama	20	13	4	3	34	19	15	43
3	LCS	20	12	5	3	22	8	14	41
4	Sandawana	20	10	3	7	20	19	1	33
5	Bantu	20	8	5	7	18	11	7	29
6	Likhopo	20	7	7	6	22	16	6	28
7	Kick4Life	20	6	9	5	16	17	-1	27
8	LDF	20	6	8	6	20	18	2	26
9	Liphakoe	20	4	9	7	14	19	-5	21
10	Likila United	20	5	5	10	15	26	-11	20
11	LMPS	20	3	9	8	17	25	-8	18
12	Linare	20	4	5	11	19	26	-7	17
13	Rovers	20	4	5	11	13	25	-12	17
14	Mphatlalatsane	20	2	6	12	16	40	-24	12