With most of the teams left with six matches to wrap up their league programme for the current soccer season, this weekend will be a busy one for the teams affiliated to the Limpopo Stream of the ABC Motsepe League. Three matches will be played on Friday afternoon, while the rest of the fixtures are scheduled for Saturday.
The Tshifudi Stadium is expected to be the centre of attention on Saturday afternoon. This is where the much-awaited match between Vondwe XI Bullets and Giyani Happy Boys will take place.
Happy Boys and Bullets are closely competing for the league title. The Giyani side are currently lying in the second position on the log standings with 26 points gained from 11 matches, while Bullets are perched in the third place with 16 points from the same number of matches.
The head coach of XI Bullets, Mr Lufuno Ndou, is optimistic that nothing will stop his team from collecting the maximum points at the expense of Happy Boys, come Saturday. He stressed the fact that their aim was to win the match to keep their title hopes alive. Bullets are still fresh from a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Mpheni Home Defenders.
United Artists will host Mikhado FC at the Makhuvha Stadium. United Artists had moved a few steps up on the log standings with their superb performance in their last four matches. Mikhado are fighting for survival. They have managed to win only two of the 11 matches they have played to date.
Munaca FC will visit Emmanuel FC, with whom they will wrestle for league points at the Giyani Stadium. Ngoabe City Motors will play their second home match in a row. They will host Phinnet City at the Jane Furse Stadium in the Sekhukhune area.
The other fixtures are The Dolphins FC vs Eleven Fast Tigers, Tubatse United vs Ditlou FC and PJ Stars vs Mighty FC.