LDF Ladies open three-point lead, Kick4Life edge Stoko to keep title hopes alive

Kick4Life kept their title hopes alive with a 2-1 win over Stoko...

LDF Ladies have opened a three-point gap at the top of the Women’s Super League after another winning weekend for the defending champions.

LDF beat Basetsana 4-0 on Saturday at Setsoto Stadium to claim their fourth successive win of the 2018/19 season with the in-form duo of Kholu Lebakeng and Phuzile Molefe again on the scoresheet.

Nkhasi Lehloenya’s team are still to concede a goal this term and have scored an eye-watering 21 goals in four games.

With 12 points, LDF are now three points clear at the top after second-placed Stoko suffered their first defeat of the season in a 2-1 reverse to Kick4Life at Setsoto on Sunday.

As expected, Stoko versus Kick4Life was an evenly contested tie between two title contenders and sides went into the break tied after a tight first half.

The deadlock was finally broken in the 64th minute by Kick4Life’s Relebohile Akhente only for Stoko to strike back a minute later.

However, it was last season’s runners up Kick4Life who had the last laugh when Akhente struck the winner against her former team in the 84th minute. It was a crucial goal as the win keeps Kick4Life’s title hopes alive after a defeat to rivals LDF earlier in the month.

Stoko (second) and Kick4Life (third) both have nine points from four games with 2016 champions Stoko ahead on goal difference.

The other two games at the weekend were played on Saturday at Assumption High School in Teyateyaneng and both ended in draws.

In the day’s first match, Rovers and Mafeteng Sistas played to a 1-1, a result which kept the sides fifth and sixth in the league respectively.

The league’s bottom two sides, Berea Ladies and Sky Battalion, also couldn’t be separated as their clash ended goalless in the day’s second game.

Women’s Super League Top Goalscorers:
Kholu Lebakeng (LDF Ladies) Emily Maseloa (FC Stoko) Phuzile Molefe (LDF Ladies) Nthabiseng Mosala (FC Stoko) Litšeoane Maloro (Kick4Life) Mafusi Pheselo (Basetsana) Baholo Motene (LDF Ladies) Lerato Toloane (LDF Ladies) Relebohile Akhente (Kick4Life) Bohlokoa Mothala (FC Stoko) Ithabeleng Potsane (Mafeteng Sistas)	8 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

Weekend Results:

Saturday:

Basetsana 0-4 LDF Ladies

Rovers 1-1 Mafeteng Sistas

Berea Ladies 0-0 Sky Battalion

Sunday:

Kick4Life 2-1 FC Stoko

Women’s Super League Standings:

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	LDF	4	4	0	0	21	0	21	12
2	FC Stoko	4	3	0	1	12	3	9	9
3	Kick4Life	4	3	0	1	7	4	3	9
4	Basetsana	4	2	0	2	6	9	-3	6
5	Rovers	4	1	1	2	8	15	-7	4
6	Mafeteng Sistas	4	0	2	2	2	8	-6	2
7	Sky Battalion	4	0	2	2	0	8	-8	2
8	Berea Ladies	4	0	1	3	1	10	-9	1

A big weekend in the Women’s Super League

The top four teams in the Women's Super League will go toe-to-toe this weekend...

It is a potentially pivotal weekend in the Women’s Super League as the division’s top four collide.

On Saturday, fourth-placed Basetsana will have the unenviable task of trying to stop the runaway train that is defending champions LDF Ladies who are top and have won all three of their games this season.

In the process LDF have scored 17 goals without conceding.

Basetsana have been gallant this season, though, and may be confident of pulling off an upset after back-to-back to wins over Berea and Rovers.

The weekend’s main event is on Sunday, however, when second-placed Stoko face third-placed Kick4Life.

Like LDF, Stoko have a perfect record from their three games this season and are only second on goal difference. The Maputsoe side won the Women’s Super League title in 2016 and will be looking to prove they are contenders again with a victory over Kick4Life.

Kick4Life, for their part, desperately need a signature win after a 1-0 defeat to rivals LDF three weeks ago.

That loss was a setback.

Kick4Life have finished second in each of the Women’s Super League three campaigns so far and this season was seen as the year Puseletso Mokhosi’s side might finally break their duck, especially after beating LDF in the season curtain-raising Super League Tournament in July.

Both the LDF-Basetsana and Stoko-Kick4Life games will be played at Setsoto Stadium before the Top 4 Independence Cup gets underway later in the day.

LDF and Basetsana will faceoff on Saturday morning while Stoko against Kick4Life will be played on Sunday.

The two other fixtures for this weekend will be played on Saturday as a double header at Assumption High School in Teyateyaneng and will involve the league’s bottom four teams who have one win between them this season.

The first game will kick-off at 11:00 when Mafeteng Sistas will be out to get their first three points of the season when they face Rovers.

The second game will get underway at 13:00 and will see Berea Ladies and Sky Battalion go toe-to-toe. Both teams are without a win but Berea Ladies are bottom of the Women’s Super League after losing all three of their games so far this season.

Weekend Fixtures:

Saturday:

10:00 LDF v Basetsana (Setsoto Stadium)

11:00 Mafeteng Sistas v Rovers (Assumption High School)

13:00 Berea Ladies v Sky Battalion (Assumption High School)

Sunday:

10:00 Kick4Life v Stoko (Setsoto Stadium)

Women’s Super League standings:

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	LDF	3	3	0	0	17	0	17	9
2	FC Stoko	3	3	0	0	11	1	10	9
3	Kick4Life	3	2	0	1	5	3	2	6
4	Basetsana	3	2	0	1	6	5	1	6
5	Rovers	3	1	0	2	7	14	-7	3
6	Mafeteng Sistas	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1
7	Sky Battalion	3	0	1	2	0	8	-8	1
8	Berea	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	0