VFA to try and wrestle for league points with Amatuks

By Frank Mavhungu

After playing three league matches in a row at home, Venda Football Academy (VFA) will be on the road this weekend. They will undertake a journey to Pretoria. Their Motsepe Foundation Championship match against University of Pretoria FC will be played at the Absa Tuks Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

VFA and University of Pretoria, or Amatuks as they are also known, have enough reasons to want to collect the maximum points. A win for Amatuks will enhance the team’s chances to finish their league programme within the top three teams and qualify to partake in the promotional playoffs. They are currently lying in the seventh position on the log standings with 28 points, 11 behind the pace setters, Casric Stars. (The result of their midweek match against MM Platinum FC not included).

On the other hand, VFA must win the match at all costs to move out of the relegation quagmire. The Thohoyandou side are fighting for survival in the third-last position on the log standings. VFA have managed to deposit 21 points into their league account to date. (The result for their midweek match against Casric Stars not included).

Although VFA have an outside chance to take part in the promotional playoffs at the end of the season, the head coach of the team,

Mr Joel Masutha, said that his aim was to take the team out of the relegation zone and that only then they would set a new target for themselves.

VFA had recently signed a Nigerian striker, Babatunde Adepoju. Although he could not score in last Saturday’s game against Cape Town All Stars, Adepoju was a thorn in the flesh of Stars’ defenders. Amatuks must also keep an eye on VFA’s midfielders, Athini Jodwana and Edmore Chirambadara, or else they will be shamed.

The other weekend fixtures are Baroka FC vs MM Platinum, Casric Stars vs Magesi FC, Hungry Lions vs Cape Town Spurs, JDR Stars vs Uthongathi FC and Cape Town All Stars vs Platinum City Rovers.