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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Schedule for Vodacom Premier League finale confirmed

The Vodacom Premier League season ends on Saturday
and the timetable has been confirmed...
The times and venues for the final weekend of the 2016/17 Vodacom Premier League season have been confirmed.

All seven matches will be played on Saturday and all will kick-off at 14:00.

The headline clash will take place at the Maputsoe DiFA Stadium where Bantu, who need a win to clinch the title, face third-placed Kick4Life. The teams will go into the title deciding game in contrasting form.

A Matšo Matebele are unbeaten in their last 12 league matches winning 10 of them. Kick4Life, on the other hand, have won just once in their last six games and were beaten 1-0 by LDF last weekend.

The only other side that has a chance of winning the Vodacom Premiership is champions Lioli who will retain their title if Bantu fail to beat Kick4Life and Tse Nala collect maximum points against Sky Battalion. Lioli’s game against SK will be played at Setsoto Stadium.

The other main drama on the final day will revolve around the relegation dogfight where Rovers and Likhopo are going toe to toe for survival. Rovers hold edge because they are two points clear of the Red Army.

Nevertheless, because of Rovers’ inferior goal difference, the Dynamites have to win to against Linare to ensure Likhopo don’t pip them to survival with a win over Liphakoe.

Rovers will host Linare in Roma while Likhopo have to make the long trip to Quthing to face Liphakoe.

The battle for top eight placing will also be decided on Saturday.

With LDF and Matlama having secured their top eight spots with wins last weekend, the battle for the eighth and final spot is between LMPS and Sundawana. LMPS are eighth, two points clear of Sundawana who are ninth. LMPS hold a major advantage, however, because they face relegated Butha-Buthe Warriors who have lost 21 of their 25 games this season.

A win for Semonye over generous Warriors would mean it doesn’t matter what Sundawana do in their game against LCS.

The final fixture of the weekend is a meeting of two sleeping giants, LDF and Matlama, at Ratjomose.
All games will kick-off at 14:00...
There is little at stake in the game with the only prize for the winner being finishing the season in sixth place. It is a far cry from the glory days of Lesotho’s two most successful clubs.

Matlama have won the most league titles with 10 followed by Sohle-Sohle with eight. However, they go into the final day of this Vodacom Premier League season with LDF in sixth place and Tse Putsoa languishing in seventh.

Vodacom Premier League final day fixtures:
Saturday
LMPS v Butha-Buthe Warriors (14:00, PTC)
Bantu v Kick4Life (14:00, Maputsoe DiFA)
LCS v Sundawana (14:00, LCS Stadium)
LDF v Matlama (14:00, Ratjomose)
Liphakoe v Likhopo (14:00, Liphakoe Ground, Quthing)
Lioli v Sky Battalion (14:00, Setsoto Stadium)         
Rovers v Linare (14:00, Roma)

Standings:


P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts.
1
Bantu
25
18
5
2
47
13
+34
59
2
Lioli
25
18
3
4
47
11
+36
57
3
Kick4Life
25
13
6
6
42
25
+17
45
4
LCS
25
14
8
5
36
21
+15
44
5
Sky Battalion
25
12
5
8
33
25
+8
41
6
LDF
25
10
8
7
28
21
+7
35
7
Matlama
25
9
10
6
37
25
+12
34
8
LMPS
25
7
12
6
21
19
+2
33
9
Sundawana
25
7
10
8
25
27
-2
31
10
Liphakoe
25
7
7
11
22
31
-9
28
11
Linare
25
6
8
11
34
37
-3
26
12
Rovers
25
3
7
15
21
49
-28
16
13
Likhopo
25
2
8
15
18
38
-20
14
R
Butha-Buthe Warriors
25
1
3
21
17
86
-69
6
·         Matlama docked 3 points
·         LDF docked 3 points and 3 goals

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