Elite One: PWD, YOSA in red zone

By Stephen Tadaha

Bamboutos FC of Mbouda plays another goalless draw, the fourth in a row, and PWD of Bamenda joins YOSA in the relegation zone.

Day 10 matches of the MTN Elite One championship were played on Wednesday, December 28 in stadia across the country. In the top match of the day, Group B leader Bamboutos FC of Mbouda played another deceitful goalless game with Gazelle. The game that was played at the Mbouda Arena Stadium was the team’s fourth consecutive draw. This series of draws comes after the team enjoyed one of the most perfect starts in Cameroon’s Elite One championship history with 5 consecutive victories. The team however remains unbeaten this season in 10 games in a row.

The PWD Social Club of Bamenda is sinking. The Abakwa boys again lost for the third time in their last four encounters. This 1-2 defeat to Coton Sports of Garoua has taken PWD to the relegation zone of Group A, as the team counts just 7 points in 9 matches, with just 2 victories, a draw, and 6 defeats.

YOSA who were on standby this match day is also in the red zone of group B, and last in the group with just 8 points in 9 matches.

Other matchday results were as follows:

Group A

Eding 0-1 UMS
DJIKO 2-1 Avion
Aigle 1-1 Canon
Colombe 1-2 Renaissance

Group B

APEJES 2-0 Astres
AS Fortuna 1-0 Dragon
YAFOOT 0-0 FOVU
Fauve Azur 0-1 Union.

Day 11 matches will be played on Saturday, December 31st to close the away leg of the championship.

Group A

Avion vs Aigle
Coton vs Stade Renard
UMS vs Djiko
Renaissance vs PWD
Canon vs Colombe

Group B

YOSA vs Astres
Bamboutos vs AS Fortuna
UNION vs APEJES
FOVU vs Fauve Azur
Dragon vs YAFOOT