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| Thabo Masualle (right) has been key for Kick4Life this season |
Kick4Life and
Lioli will face off on Saturday in a meeting of the Vodacom Premier League’s current
top dogs and its defending champions.
The
mouth-watering encounter will take place at the LCS Stadium with plenty at
stake.
Kick4Life have
made a blistering start to the season and are six points clear at the top.
Leslie Notši’s side has scored a league-high 21 goals in just nine outings.
Their goals haul is eight more than the next best total of 13 by Bantu.
Kick4Life’s
dominance has seen them win seven of their nine games and suffer just one
defeat. They go into Saturday’s game on a four-match winning streak.
Champions Lioli,
on the other hand, haven’t been as convincing. Tse Nala are in seventh place with 14 points and have already lost
twice in eight games which is more than they did in the whole of last season.
Lioli are still
waiting to find out if they will be awarded the win over Matlama from Sunday’s abandoned
tie between the teams. Halemakale Mahlaha’s charges were leading 2-1 with two
minutes remaining when Matlama stormed the pitch.
Nevertheless,
Lioli need a win against Kick4Life if they are to maintain a grip on the
Vodacom Premier League crown they have held for the last two years.
Staying with
football and the league has confirmed Matlama’s Vodacom premiership game
against Sundawana on Sunday has been postponed because of the national Under-20
side’s friendly against Swaziland this weekend. Matlama have three players in
the Makoanyane XI squad which is preparing for next month’s 2016 COSAFA
Under-20 Championships. Likhopo’s game against Sky Battalion on Sunday has also
been postponed.
Finally, Teele
Ntšonyana has parted ways with Liphakoe. Neither party has given a reason for
the coach’s parting but the Quthing club had been on a poor run of form lately.
After a superb start
to the season which saw Liphakoe go undefeated in their first four matches,
they have lost their last three in a row and have dropped to eighth.
Ntšonyana becomes
the fourth coach to leave his post this season. Motlatsi Shale was the first to
depart early last month when he resigned from Linare before Sidwell Mothea was
sacked by Sundawana shortly afterwards. Two weeks ago Tšepo Hlojeng then resigned
as Likhopo coach.
Nevertheless,
Ntšonyana’s departure is still a surprise. He guided Liphakoe to the Vodacom
Premier League in 2015 and did a fine job of keeping them up last season in
their debut campaign.
Weekend’s
Fixture:
Saturday
LCS v Rovers (LCS, 13:00)
Kick4Life v Lioli (LCS, 15:00)
Liphakoe v LMPS (Quthing, 15:00)
Sunday
LDF v Bantu (Ratjomose, 15:00)
Linare v Butha-Buthe Warriors (Maputsoe DiFA Ground, 15:00)
Matlama v Sundawana (Postponed)
Likhopo v Sky Battalion (Postponed)
Vodacom Premier League Standings
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts.
|
||
1
|
Kick4Life
|
9
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
21
|
8
|
13
|
22
|
2
|
Bantu
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
3
|
10
|
16
|
3
|
LDF
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
16
|
4
|
Matlama
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
7
|
15
|
5
|
Sky Battalion
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
11
|
8
|
3
|
15
|
6
|
LMPS
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
15
|
7
|
Lioli
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
4
|
5
|
14
|
8
|
Liphakoe
|
9
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
9
|
12
|
-3
|
11
|
9
|
Sundawana
|
9
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
-1
|
10
|
10
|
LCS
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
10
|
-2
|
10
|
11
|
Linare
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
10
|
14
|
-4
|
6
|
12
|
Rovers
|
9
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
6
|
17
|
-11
|
5
|
13
|
Likhopo
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
-7
|
4
|
14
|
Butha-Buthe Warriors
|
9
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
21
|
-17
|
2
|
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