Tšoanelo Koetle was on the scoresheet for Lioli as they thumped Sky Battalion 4-0 |
Lioli kept up the
pressure on league champions Bantu with a 4-0 thumping of Sky Battalion at the
LCS Stadium on Monday afternoon.
Tse
Nala
got the win thanks to a brace from Tumelo Khutlang and a goal each from Tšoanelo
Koetle and Lekhanya Lekhanya. The result also condemns Sky Battalion to relegation
from the Econet Premier League.
SK have
minus-4 points from 19 games after being deducted six points at the start of
the season; the most points they can reach at the end of the season is 11 which
will not be enough to overtake Likhopo who are in 12th place.
Only one team
will be relegated at the end of the campaign after Sundawana were expelled from
the league in November.
For Lioli it was
a case of taking care of business.
Khutlang gave Tse Nala a 1-0 lead into halftime as Sky
Battalion showed commendable fighting spirit. However, the Teyateyaneng giants
ran away with the game in the second half with Khutlang doubling the lead
before Koetle and Lekhanya made it a romp. Khutlang even managed to miss a
penalty late on as
Lioli piled the misery on an overmatched SK
side.
Bantu remain on
top of the Econet Premiership, one point ahead of Lioli, after they claimed a tougher
than expected 1-0 win over Likhopo at the Maputsoe DiFA Stadium. A Matšo Matebele’s winner came in the
23rd minute courtesy of in-form winger Ramasimong Maloisane.
The third team
in the title picture, Matlama, suffered a potentially terminal result to their
aspirations as they were held to a 1-1 draw by ninth-placed LMPS at the PTC
Ground. The result means Matlama find themselves three points behind Bantu
having played two more games than A Matšo
Matebele. Tse Putsoa, who have
five matches left to play, now need a minor miracle to win their first title
since 2010.
The last of Easter
Monday’s games – the battle for fourth place between LDF and Kick4Life – was
called off in the first half with the scores goalless because of thunderstorms
and lightning.
The big movers
of the weekend are LCS who thumped
Linare 4-0 in Maputsoe on Saturday.
The star of the show
was Makara Ntaitsane who struck a hattrick but the afternoon was also memorable
for the return of Masheshena’s
Lesotho international Thabo Seakhoa who played for the first time in over a
year after recovering from a horrific leg break.
Saturday also
saw a win for Liphakoe who were too good for top-flight new boys Sefotha-fotha
in match that was played at the LCS Stadium. The final score was 2-1 and
Liphakoe are 10th just two points outside the top eight.
Econet Premier
League Easter Weekend Results:
Saturday
Linare 0-4 LCS
Liphakoe 2-1 Sefotha-fotha
Monday
Bantu 1-0 Likhopo
Sky Battalion 0-4 Lioli
LMPS 1-1 Matlama
LDF v Kick4Life (match called off due to heavy rain and lightning)
LMPS 1-1 Matlama
LDF v Kick4Life (match called off due to heavy rain and lightning)
Standings:
|
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts.
|
1
|
Bantu
|
17
|
12
|
3
|
2
|
32
|
11
|
+21
|
39
|
2
|
Lioli
|
18
|
11
|
5
|
2
|
31
|
15
|
+16
|
38
|
3
|
Matlama
|
19
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
25
|
13
|
+12
|
36
|
4
|
Kick4Life
|
18
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
24
|
13
|
+11
|
30
|
5
|
LDF
|
17
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
19
|
15
|
+4
|
25
|
6
|
LCS
|
18
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
18
|
14
|
+4
|
24
|
7
|
Majantja
|
18
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
18
|
18
|
0
|
24
|
8
|
Linare
|
19
|
8
|
3
|
8
|
20
|
26
|
-6
|
24
|
9
|
LMPS
|
17
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
17
|
18
|
-1
|
23
|
10
|
Liphakoe
|
18
|
7
|
1
|
10
|
17
|
25
|
-8
|
22
|
11
|
Sefotha-fotha
|
18
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
13
|
24
|
-12
|
17
|
12
|
Likhopo
|
18
|
3
|
4
|
11
|
11
|
24
|
-13
|
13
|
13
|
Sky Battalion
|
19
|
0
|
2
|
17
|
4
|
34
|
-30
|
-4
|
·
Linare docked 3 points for late registration
·
Sky Battalion docked 6 points for late registration
·
Bantu docked 3 points and 3 goals
·
Lioli awarded 3 points and 3 goals
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