The Final Stretch... The Lesotho Premier enters the business end |
It’s a pivotal weekend in
the Vodacom Premier League title race with the top two facing potential banana-skins
against two Leribe sides.
Today
leaders Bantu host Joy at the newly-opened Leshoboro Seeiso Stadium in Mafeteng
before Lioli welcome Linare to the Lioli Stadium tomorrow.
The
two are separated by just two points with Bantu top with 29 points from 13
games.
Both
Bantu and Lioli have been blasted to the top by two left-foot hotshots – Litšepe
Marabe and Tšepo Seturumane, the league’s top scorer with eleven and nine goals
respectively.
This
weekend will be the pair’s final opportunity to impress Lesotho coach
Leslie Notši. Neither Marabe nor Seturumane has featured in Notši plans this
season. They have a chance to show they can be a solution to Lesotho ’s goal-scoring woes ahead of the 2014
World Cup against Zambia
on March 24.
Marabe
has been in sensational form since joining Bantu from Botswana ’s
Flamengo Santos towards the end of last season. The former Matlama and
Makoanyane XI favourite has been capped at senior level but has fallen out of
favour with Notši recently. Marabe has scored four braces this season – against
Nyenye Rovers, Joy, Linare and LDF – in addition to goals against Lioli, LCS
and LMPS.
Bantu
will be counting on Marabe’s goal-scoring prowess this afternoon as A Matšo Matebele seek to avenge a 4-3
defeat to Joy when the two sides met in October.
Lioli’s
Seturumane has also been supremely consistent this season and the uncapped
youngster is currently on a four-match scoring streak. Seturumane’s Lioli have
a tough task this weekend though, facing a Linare side that’s unbeaten in their
last three games, winning two.
There
are other important matches this weekend. Champions LCS will look to refocus
their title defence when they travel to face rival LMPS at the PTC Ground today.
Masheshena have had a stop start few
months. Thanks to the extended mid-season break, as a result of the Africa Cup
of Nations, and their involvement in the Caf Champions League, LCS have only
played three games in the last three months.
On
Sunday, third-placed LDF will expect to pick up maximum points when they host
struggling Nyenye Rovers, while Qoaling Highlanders and Mpharane, ninth and
tenth respectively, will play out a relegation six-pointer in Qoaling.
Fixtures
Saturday, 9 March
LMPS
v LCS (PTC Ground, 16:00)
Bantu
v Joy (Mafeteng, 16:00)
Sunday, 10 March
LDF
v Nyenye Rovers (Ratjomose, 16:00)
Lioli
v Linare (Lioli Stadium, 16:00)
Qoaling
Highlanders v Mpharane Celtic (Qoaling, 16:00)
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