Galaxy take control in title race
17 games into the season and Jwaneng Galaxy are in prime position to claim their second Premier League crown.
Five points clear at the top, the 2020 champions are yet to be beaten this season, their title hopes handed a huge boost at the weekend following Gaborone United’s 4-2 loss to Orapa United.
Boasting the best attack in the league, averaging almost two-and-a-half goals a game, Morena Ramoreboli’s red-hot troops look unstoppable.
With ‘draw specialists’ Township Rollers lagging 13 points behind, a gap that Popa will need an unlikely miracle to pop, Lesagaripa La Dinaledi have emerged as the favorites in what has essentially become a three-team race.
Defending champions GU are stuttering after an explosive start, in the midst of a mid-season wobble that has seen them win just one of their last five matches.
Orapa on the other hand are unbeaten in nine. However, prior to Saturday’s stunning victory over the Money Machine, the Boys from Boteti were held to consecutive draws at home by Rollers and BDF XI. Level on points with GU, the Ostriches face Popa again this Saturday, a fixture that could go either way.
The Reds, meanwhile, travel to Francistown for a tricky encounter with Eleven Angels. Roared on by their ardent supporters, and fresh from three successive wins – including a 1-0 triumph over Mbalakulungu in the Orange FA Cup – Angels are no pushovers on their home patch.
Indeed, Seemo Mpatane’s starlets held GU to a 1-1 draw at the National Stadium just two weeks ago. Going into the game, GU held a two-point advantage over Galaxy; 14 days later they trailed the diamond outfit by five points – fortunes change quickly in football!
In a bid to jump-start their faltering campaign, this week Moyagoleele promoted Pontsho Moloi to Head Coach. Moloi had been serving as Benny Kgomela’s Assistant, with Kgomela since redeployed to the role of General Manager Technical.
Keen to keep their momentum going, up next for Galaxy is a home meeting with second-from-bottom Prisons XI, who last tasted victory on the 2nd of December.
Football is a strange game but few would bet against the Warders arresting that run on Saturday.
Galaxy hold the advantage at the moment, but, with 13 rounds of matches still to play, thrills and spills aplenty are expected.
