By Aluwani Khulumela
As the second division’s ABC Motsepe league season is coming to an end, the race for the top spot is on.
Moretele gunners’ FC is currently leading the table with two matches to go, although Gunners have played two matches more than the rest of the teams, they are supposed to be just watching their fate sitting at the stands as the other teams will be playing catch-up matches.
Playing their trade at the North West region, the Moretele based team are sitting on 62 points after 28 matches, just a point ahead of Northwest Shining Stars FC who sit 2nd position with only 26 matches played so far.
Top league standings
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moretele Gunners FC | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 26 | 39 | 62 |
| 2 | Northwest Shining Stars FC | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 14 | 36 | 61 |
| 3 | Polokwane City Rovers FC | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 27 | 37 | 56 |
The last round of matches which Gunners featured on saw them take on Impala Warriors FC on match day 28, an encounter that the Moretele Outfit came on top with 2 goals to 1, Gunners goals came on each half, scored by Obakeng Mambeu and Koos Puka respectively.
The bottom table of the league standings:
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | United Scientist FC | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 25 |
| 16 | Oxygen | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 45 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | AC Milan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
