Most of the teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the ABC Motsepe League will play their third round of league matches for the current soccer season this weekend.
Whether United Artists will be able to rise to the occasion and register their first victory remains to be seen. They will visit Winners Park FC at the Bellevue Grounds outside Tzaneen on Saturday afternoon. Artists are still to deposit a point into their league account so far. They were beaten 0-1 by Mpheni Home Defenders in their opening match at the Makhado Show Grounds a fortnight ago. They again lost by the same margin to Giyani Happy Boys at the Makhuvha Stadium last Saturday.
Vondwe XI Bullets will travel to Giyani for one of the two matches that will be played on Friday. Their match against Emmanuel FC will be played at the Giyani Stadium - the opening match for Emmanuel FC this season. Their fixture last weekend against Winners Park, which was supposed to be played at the Lulekani Stadium in Phalaborwa, did not take place. According to the report by the match officials, the pitch was not ready at the scheduled kick-off time.
Mikhado FC will have a date with Mpheni Home Defenders at the Rabali Stadium. Home Defenders started the season on a high note. They won the two matches they had played to date. Giyani Happy Boys are waiting for Munaca FC, with whom they will lock horns at the Xikukwani Stadium outside Giyani. Munaca are still battling to come to terms with the 0-1 defeat they had suffered at the hands of Mpheni Home Defenders last Saturday.
The other fixtures are City Motors vs Tubatse United, Ditlou FC vs Phinnet City, Tzaneen United vs The Dolphins FC and Eleven Fast Tigers vs Mighty FC.