BULAWAYO – Football giants Highlanders’ bid to protect their unbeaten run in the current campaign faces potential threat from in-form Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Match Day 12 headline fixture set for Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.
Meanwhile, although facing fairly weaker opponents, fellow giants Dynamos and Caps United can be advised to be on their guard for unwelcome surprises in their weekend assignments.
In the Bulawayo derby, Highlanders would be looking forward to a break from their string of drawn matches through a victory.
But the country’s oldest club has a potential banana skin in neighbours Bulawayo Chiefs who knocked them out of the 2022 Chibuku Super Cup and are just separated by 2 points on the premiership log table. Highlanders have collected 19 points from 11 matches.
Although occupying second spot on the log, Highlanders has only collected five points from their five less inspiring draws in their past five matches.
In another match to look forward to, Dynamos would be hoping to appease their impatient fan base when they take on ZPC Kariba at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Dembare emerged from four consecutive draws on a wrong footing last week when they lost 2-1 to log leaders Ngezi Platinum at Baobab.
The former champions, placed number 8 on the log standings, have collected just four points from a potential 15 in their last five matches.
Caps United hope to put behind their miseries of last weekend – when irate fans pelted a match official – with a Cranborne Bullets date on Saturday.
A Friday clash between Simba Bhora and Triangle United at National Sports Stadium would set the ball rolling for Match Day 12 round of fixtures.
On Saturday, Chicken Inn host basement side Black Rhinos at Luveve, while Sheasham return to homologated Bata Stadium with a date against Herentals College.
On Sunday, champions FC Platinum travel to Gibbo for a date against ethanol producers Green Fuel while a clash between miners Hwange and Manica Diamonds would be at the Colliery.
On Monday, the clash between Yadah and Ngezi Platinum will put the lid on the weekend’s round of fixtures.
