MASITAOKA SHIFT FOCUS TO KWENENG DERBY AGAINST FIGHTERS

Following their impressive victory over Township Rollers this past weekend, Majatlhaga will now lock horns against Kweneng District rivals Mogoditshane Fighters in a Botswana Premier League clash billed for Saturday afternoon at Molepolole Sports Complex.

This will be the two team’s third meeting in Botswana Football League (BFL) era, having already faced each other in the 2021/22 season. Fighters won the first round game 1-0 and the second round game clash ended in a 1-1 draw.

Head Coach; Mandla Mpofu indicated that the team is over the Rollers win and ready to fight for another win this weekend, ‘’Rollers game is history and it will never be played again, the most important game now is against Fighters which is a derby. Numbers don’t lie we haven’t beaten them, that alone makes it difficult so we will stick to our game plan and improve from last game performance”.

“In terms of the playing personnel we still don’t have Ambrosius Amseb who nursing an ankle injury even though he started light training this week, we will also not have our Vice-Captain Eric Tjizake who is mourning the death of his father”, he adds.

Masitaoka currently sit on the 6th spot after seven games with twelve points in the bag, while the hosts who collected maximum points in their previous league encounter against Extension Gunners find themselves on position 10 with eight points.

Tickets for the match are available online via Webtickets (https://www.webtickets.co.bw/event.aspx?itemid=4373210) and across Spar Shops countrywide at P30.00/each. The game will kick off at 4pm.

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