HARARE – Caps United lost 1-0 to Bikita Minerals in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Match Day 3 clash that coincided with the return of football at the iconic Rufaro Stadium in Harare on Thursday.
Chris Carlos Makambira fired the premiership debutants to a memorable victory after 28 minutes of the encounter in what would become the decisive goal of the tie.
The defeat to Bikita Minerals was the second suffered by Lloyd Chitembwe’s men inside three games since the start of the new season.
In the headline fixture of Thursday’s matches, league leaders FC Platinum battled to a 2-2 draw against Chicken Inn at Mandava.
The former champions scored through Lawrence Mhlanga and Juan Mutudza after 7 and 52 minutes respectively while Chicken Inn got their goals through Lincoln Mangaira and Michael Charamba after 31 and 36 minutes.
The clash between Green Fuel and TelOne ended in a 1-1 stalemate at Green Fuel.
There were three goalless draws in matches played between defending champions Ngezi Platinum and homeside ZPC Kariba at Nyamhunga, Manica Diamonds and Chegutu Pirates at Sakubva as well as Arenel Movers and Herentals at Luveve.
Following Thursday’s premiership fixtures, FC Platinum still top the league table on 7 points from 3 matches played while TelOne, Green Fuel, Chicken Inn and ZPC Kariba are all on 5 points from the same number of games played.
