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Monday, September 14, 2015

Vodacom Premier League - Week 3 Talking Points

Tse Putsoa...
Are Matlama the real deal?
Talking points from the weekend’s Vodacom Premier League action…

Are Matlama really contenders?
Matlama showed they might really be contenders for the league title with a 3-1 win over Sandawana yesterday. Tse Putsoa started the season with a discouraging 0-0 draw home with newly-promoted Rovers but since then Matlama have won two games in a row including yesterday’s win. Matlama looked good against Sandawana and the win has lifted the nine-time champions to second place.

LDF start slow
LDF played to another draw yesterday. This time it was a goalless stalemate with Likhopo. It is Sohle-Sohle’s third draw in as many games and, again, it was very uninspiring. It is not the best start for a team that wants to be competing for the league title. LDF haven’t won the title since 2004. So far the Ratjomose side has started showing the same ills that have held them back over the past five years, namely a lack of creativity and goals. Things have to change fast if LDF are to end their championship drought, as they hope.

Lebajoa Mphongoa may be under pressure, already
It is only three games into the season but there is already an air of dejection in Hlotse. Lebajoa Mphongoa, a former Linare favourite who went on to have success with LDF and Likuena, took over at the start of the season amid a lot of hope. However, the bubble has burst fast. Linare have lost three games from three and prop up the table. Linare’s latest loss was a 1-0 loss to LCS on Saturday. Tse Tala have only scored two goals and conceded seven in three games.

Elsewhere…
Lioli remain top of the league after a 1-0 win over LMPS on Saturday at PTC grounds. Tse Nala are in the midst of an unprecedented run of domination. It is almost a year since Lioli tasted defeat in the league. Lioli have not lost a league game since losing 2-0 to Matlama on October 19, 2014, a run of 21 matches. Of those 21 matches, Lioli have won 16.

On Sunday, Bantu, Lioli’s main rivals for the past three seasons, got off the mark with a 2-0 win over Likila United. The win was Katiso Mojakhomo’s first in charge of Bantu and relieved pressure. The third placed team after three games is Rovers. The new boys from Roma continued their surprising start with a 1-0 win Kick4Life on Saturday.

#LPL Weekend Results
Saturday
LMPS 0-1 Lioli
LCS 1-0 Linare
Rovers 1-0 Kick4Life

Sunday
Matlama 3-1 Sandawana
Likila United 0-2 Bantu
LDF 0-0 Likhopo
Liphakoe 0-0 Mphatlalatsane

Vodacom Premier League Table


P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Lioli
3
3
0
0
6
1
5
9
2
Matlama
3
2
1
0
5
1
4
7
3
Rovers
3
2
1
0
2
0
2
7
4
Likhopo
3
1
2
0
4
1
3
5
5
LMPS
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
6
LCS
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
7
Bantu
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
8
LDF
3
0
3
0
2
2
0
3
9
Kick4Life
3
1
0
2
1
3
-2
3
10
Mphatlalatsane
2
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
11
Liphakoe
3
0
2
1
0
1
-1
2
12
Likila United
2
0
1
1
0
2
-2
1
13
Sandawana
3
0
1
2
1
6
-5
1
14
Linare
3
0
0
3
2
7
-5
0


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