Baroka FC 1-1 Platinum City Rovers
Baroka FC failed to regain third spot in the Motsepe Foundation Championship following a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Platinum City Rovers on Wednesday.
It wasn't the start Bakgaga Ba Ga Mphahlele had imagined as Kagiso Selemela turned the ball into his own net and gifted a crucial opening to proceedings.
Nonetheless, some good play from Tshepho Mashiloane saw Siyabonga Mthombeni get on the end of a cross and drew the home side back on equal terms.
Both teams were eager to add to the tally and go on to grab the full haul of points, but it wasn't to be and even-stevens it finished.
Marumo Gallants FC 1-0 Venda Football Academy
Marumo Gallants FC moved out of the dreaded bottom-two with a 1-0 win over Venda Football Academy in a relegation tussle.
Having bolstered the squad in the transfer window and the return of Mpho Maleka as coach, Gallants aimed to revive their campaign.
That objective leaped forward after new signing Tshepo Dhludlhu got the opener before the half-hour mark from a cleverly weighted assist, which leaves Venda rooted to the table.
Black Leopards 0-1 Pretoria Callies
Pretoria Callies made a positive start to the year in the second tier after getting the better of Black Leopards 1-0 in a mid-table contest.
The Romans, who clipped Casric Stars in a five-goal thriller before the break, hit the front in the first half and managed to hold out, as Leopards failed to recover and suffered yet another defeat.
NB La Masia 1-2 University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria remained on the hot on the heels of Orbit College after coming from behind to overcome NB La Masia on the return of the Motsepe Foundation Championship on Monday.
AmaTuks were behind during the course of halftime, but were able to bounce back following the break and levelled it up through Kamogelo Pheeane.
There were no response from the Westbury-based thereafter as an own-goal instead late on left the visitors to walk away with all on the points on offer.
Orbit College 1-0 Milford Stallions
Orbit College returned to the top of the Motsepe Foundation Championship table with a 1-0 win over Milford Stallions at the Olympia Park Stadium on Tuesday.
Having briefly surrendered top spot, the host showed a lot of courage to reclaim the summit in pursuit of their promotion chase at the first time of asking.
The only effort of the clash came in the first half and at that ended the visitors' two-match winning run they were on before the league halted due to the Africa Cup of Nations.
JDR Stars 0-2 Magesi FC
Magesi FC boosted their promotion chances and leapfrogged Baroka FC to third spot with a 2-0 win over JDR Stars at the Giant Stadium in Soshanguve.
Magesi needed to wait right on the stroke of halftime to go ahead after Mcedi Vandala bagged the opener to leave the host with a mountain to climb.
Key men Wonderboy Makhubu, who have been vital this season made sure of the points when he struck the second midway through the clash to give them the perfect start to the year.
It's worrying times for the Hammerboys, who suffer their fourth consecutive defeat in all competitions while Magesi recorded a second straight victory.
Casric Stars 3-3 Maritzburg United
Casric Stars and Maritzburg United played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in the resumption of their campaign in the second tier in Giyani.
The Team of Choice broke the deadlock in the opening stages of the clash, but Casric got a sharp response courtesy of Decide Chauke before Reuben Kgabane put them ahead at the break.
A goal frenzy then ensured with the Team of Choice hitting the net in quick succession, though an own-goal gave Casric a point and denied United maximum points.
Upington City 1-1 Hungry Lions
Upington City and Hungry Lions were denied maximum points but ended up with a tight 1-1 draw on their return to action.
Di Tau were off the mark after just ten minutes played when Michael Khanyi capitalised on Kamogelo Mogotlane's assist to make the breakthrough.
The advantage remained for much of the encounter, but Bafana Ba Gucci recovered to share the spoils as Bokang Mokwena got ahead to salvage a point for his team.
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