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| It's here... The league action will start on August 27 |
The Vodacom Premier League has released the fixtures
for the first round of the 2016/17 season. The schedule was released on
Thursday and it confirms that the season will begin on August 27.
The campaign will kick off on Saturday, August 27 with champions Lioli opening
their title defence against LMPS at Setsoto Stadium, Tse Nala’s home for the 2016/17 season. On the same afternoon, newly-promoted
Sky Battalion will play their first ever top-flight match when they visit Linare at Maputsoe DiFA Stadium while
Kick4Life will host Likhopo.
Sunday, 28 August will see 2013 champions Bantu begin their season when
they welcome Rovers to Mafeteng while Matlama will have an away match at new
boys Butha-Buthe Warriors.
The following weekend (September 3) Lesotho is slated to play Algeria in
a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Algiers.
Even so, a full weekend of action has been scheduled by the league and September
3 is set to see a pair of big games with Matlama pencilled in to face Bantu and
six-time champions LCS pitted against eight-time winners LDF.
The first league meeting of the season between Lioli and Matlama,
meanwhile, will take place on November 5 at Setsoto. Before then, Lioli will
host Bantu on October 16 in a meeting of two teams that have shared the
last four championships.
Other notable dates are Lioli against Linare on September 18, Matlama
versus Linare on October 8 and Linare’s trip to Bantu on October 29.
The fixture has also revealed that the Independence Cup will be played
on the weekend of October 1 and 2. This year’s tournament will
feature Lioli, Matlama, LCS and Sundawana, the top four sides from last season.
This season the 14-team league has been boosted by an increase in
sponsorship money from Vodacom Lesotho. The telecommunications giant has
increased its league sponsorship from M1 million last season to M1.136 million
for the 2016/17 campaign.
2016/17 First Round Fixtures:
AUGUST
Week 1
Saturday,
27 August
Lioli
v LMPS (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
Kick4Life
v Likhopo (15:00, Maseru)
Linare
v Sky Battalion (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Sunday,
28 August
LDF
v Sundawana (15:00, Ratjomose)
Bantu
v Rovers (15:00, Mafeteng)
Liphakoe
v LCS (15:00, Quthing)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Matlama (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
SEPTEMBER
2017
AFCON Qualifier (September 2, 3, 4) – Algeria v Lesotho
Week 2
Saturday,
3 September
Sundawana
v Linare (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Matlama
v Bantu (15:00, Pitso Ground)
LCS
v LDF (15:00, LCS)
LMPS
v Rovers (15:00, PTC)
Sunday,
4 September
Sky
Battalion v Kick4Life (15:00, TBC)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Likhopo (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
Lioli
v Liphakoe (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
Week 3
Saturday,
10 September
Likhopo
v Bantu (15:00, LCS)
LDF
v Lioli (15:00, Ratjomose)
Kick4Life
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, Maseru)
Sunday,
11 September
Sky
Battalion v Sundawana (15:00, TBC)
Linare
v LCS (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Matlama
v LMPS (15:00, Pitso Ground)
Rovers
v Liphakoe (15:00, Roma)
Week 4
Saturday,
17 September
Liphakoe
v Matlama (15:00, Quthing)
Rovers
v LDF (15:00, Roma)
LCS
v Sky Battalion (15:00, LCS)
LMPS
v Likhopo (15:00, PTC)
Sunday,
18 September
Bantu
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, Mafeteng)
Sundawana
v Kick4Life (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Lioli
v Linare (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
Week 5
Saturday,
24 September
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v LMPS (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
Kick4Life
v Bantu (15:00, Maseru)
Sundawana
v LCS (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Sunday,
25 September
Matlama
v LDF (15:00, Pitso Ground)
Likhopo
v Liphakoe (15:00, LCS)
Sky
Battalion v Lioli (15:00, TBC)
Linare
v Rovers (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
OCTOBER
October 1, 2 – Independence Cup
Week 6
Saturday,
8 October
Lioli
v Sundawana (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
LDF
v Likhopo (15:00, Ratjomose)
Matlama
v Linare (15:00, Maseru)
Sunday,
9 October
Rovers
v Sky Battalion (15:00, Roma)
LCS
v Kick4Life (15:00, LCS)
Bantu
v LMPS (15:00, Mafeteng)
Liphakoe
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, Quthing)
Week 7
Saturday,
15 October
LMPS
v LCS (15:00, PTC)
Likhopo
v Matlama (15:00, LCS)
Sky
Battalion v LDF (15:00, TBC)
Sunday,
16 October
Sundawana
v Liphakoe (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Kick4Life
v Linare (15:00, Maseru)
Lioli
v Bantu (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Rovers (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
Week 8
Saturday,
22 October
Kick4Life
v Lioli (15:00, Maseru)
Liphakoe
v LMPS (15:00, Quthing)
LCS
v Rovers (15:00, LCS)
Sunday,
23 October
LDF
v Bantu (15:00, Ratjomose)
Matlama
v Sundawana (15:00, Pitso Ground)
Linare
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Likhopo
v Sky Battalion (15:00, LCS)
Week 9
Saturday,
29 October
Bantu
v Linare (15:00, Mafeteng)
Sundawana
v Likhopo (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Sky Battalion (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
Sunday,
30 October
Rovers
v Lioli (15:00, Roma)
LMPS
v LDF (15:00, PTC)
LCS
v Matlama (15:00, LCS)
Liphakoe
v Kick4Life (15:00, Quthing)
NOVEMBER
Week 10
Saturday,
5 November
Rovers
v Kick4Life (15:00, Roma)
LDF
v Liphakoe (15:00, Ratjomose)
Lioli
v Matlama (Setsoto Stadium)
Sunday,
6 November
Linare
v LMPS (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Likhopo
v LCS (15:00, LCS)
Sky
Battalion v Bantu (15:00, TBC)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Sundawana (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
November 12, 13 – Catch-up days
Week 11
Saturday,
19 November
LCS
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, LCS)
Bantu
v Sundawana (15:00, Mafeteng)
Liphakoe
v Linare (15:00, Quthing)
Sunday,
20 November
Kick4Liufe
v LDF (15:00, Maseru)
Matlama
v Rovers (15:00, Pitso Ground)
LMPS
v Sky Battalion (15:00, PTC)
Lioli
v Likhopo (15:00, Setsoto Stadium)
Week 12
Saturday,
26 November
Matlama
v Kick4Life (15:00, Pitso Ground)
Linare
v LDF (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Likhopo
v Rovers (15:00, LCS)
Butha-Buthe
Warriors v Lioli (15:00, Butha-Buthe)
Sunday,
27 November
Sky
Battalion v Liphakoe (15:00, TBC)
Sundawana
v LMPS (15:00, Maputsoe DiFA Stadium)
Bantu
v LCS (15:00, Mafeteng)
DECEMBER
Week 13
Saturday,
3 December
Liphakoe
v Bantu (15:00, Quthing)
Rovers
v Sundawana (15:00, Roma)
LDF
v Butha-Buthe Warriors (15:00, Ratjomose)
Kick4Life
v LMPS (15:00, Maseru)
LCS
v Lioli (15:00, LCS)
Likhopo
v Linare (15:00, LCS)
Sky
Battalion v Matlama (15:00, TBC)
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