The FAZ Lusaka Province Division one league has reached the middle way of the journey for the 2021/2022 fixtures with Riflemen enjoying their unbeaten run and a huge lead at the summit.
A first half goal from Lawrence Phiri at Nationalist Stadium handed Riflemen a 1-0 win against Lusaka City Council meaning they nowove to 40 points opening a 13 point lead at the summit with 40 points, pushing their opponents who were on second position prior to the match to fifth on the table.
At Cooperative Ground in Bauleni, new comers, Chilanga Stars continued to impress as they recorded a 3-1 away win over their newly promoted counterparts State House FC to move to second on the table with 27 points.
Joseph ‘Sabobo’ Banda’s Atletico Lusaka were in yet another shocking result as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at the hands of struggling Young Napsa Stars.
Witson Banda scored the only goal of the match to hand the young pensioners their fifth win of the season.
Paramilitary’s 5 match winningless run came to an end on Saturday with an impressive 2-0 win over Misisi Youth Academy thanks to two first half goals.
Msisi have now gone five games without a win collecting only two points from a possible 15.
The parliamentarians, National Assembly had a 2-0 away win over Nampundwe to keep themselves around the top 4 spots.
A 5 goal thriller match was witnessed in Chainda. It’s the home side Chainda Bombers who ended their 4 game journey without a win with an emphatic 4-1 bashing of Vector.
Vector have now lost all their last four games and hence drop into the relegation zone.
In Chirundu and at Chakunkula grounds all recorded 1 all draws, Chirundu United hosted Shamuel while Airport Warriors had a date with Young Zanaco.
The rest of the full-time scores are as follows:
Airport Warriors 1-1 Young Zanaco (Patrick Chipeta | Eliakim Miti)
State House 1-3 Chilanga Stars (Samson Mwachika | Brian Masanyinga, Sylvester Sikaonga X2)
Young Napsa 1-0 Athletico Lusaka (Witson Banda)
Chainda Bombers 4-1 Vector (Isaac Zulu X2, Isaac Phiri, Besum Banda |Samson Phiri)
Chirundu United 1-1 Shamuel (Jimmy Shingwali | Dominic Kanda)
Sable Bulls 1-0 Happy Hearts (Elijah Hatanga)
Lusaka City Council 0-1 Riflemen (Stephen Kabamba)
Paramilitary 2-0 Misisi Youth Academy (Simunji Mulonda, Abraham Simasiku)
Nampundwe 0-2 National Assembly
