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Chippa leading the race after beating Black Leopards

 

Chippa United are almost sure of winning the National First Division League championship. They beat Black Leopards 1-0 at the Philipi Stadium in Cape Town last Friday evening.

With only four league matches left before they wrap up their league activities, Chippa United are leading the pack with 54 points, 10 ahead of the second-placed Black Leopards.

Chippa United now need just one win to gain automatic promotion to the Absa Premiership Division. Teams that will finish the league programme in the second and third places, together with the second-last team in the Premiership division, will be engaged in the platinum play-offs at the end of the season. The best team in the play-offs will join the team that will have gained automatic promotion to the elite league.

The other title chasers, Jomo Cosmos, were unexpectedly held to a 1-1 draw by Vasco Da Gama. The draw was a humiliation for Cosmos as they were playing in front of their home crowd. Baroka FC lost their second match in a row at home. They were beaten 0-1 by Witbank Spurs at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday.

Baroka lost 2-3 to Chippa United at the same venue two weeks ago. Thanda Royal Zulu are now on the safe side when it comes to relegation. They collected more significant league points away from home last Saturday. They beat FC Cape Town 1-0 at the NNK Rugby Stadium and moved to the fourth-last position on the log.

Things did not go according to plan for African Warriors. They lost 0-1 to Santos at the Charles Mopedi Stadium in the Free State. Roses United were too good for Blackburn Rovers, whom they thrashed 3-0 at the Kaizer Sebotlelo Stadium in the Free State. Maluti FET College lost 1-3 to United FC, while Milano United registered a 1-0 victory at the expense of Sivutsa Stars.

 

Date:11 April 2014

By: Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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