Ndirande Stars hand Jenda 9th defeat as Chintheche hold Chilumba

Ndirande Stars recorded their third win of the season to move out of the NBS Bank National Division League after beating Jenda United 2-1 in a match played at the Mpira Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

The team continues to enjoy their current form in the League as they handed Jenda their 9th straight defeat of the season to remain without a win and no point at the bottom of the table.

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Khaleed Alli opened the scores on 36th minute from the spot but Nyson Nyirenda levelled the scores 6 minutes later before Alli restoring the lead with his second of the day five minutes into the added time of the first half to seal the win.

Head coach for the team, Robert Daudi, said the game was very tough but thanked his boys for the win to maintain a perfect run of results in the League.

“I’m happy with the win today, of course it was a very tough game as our friends have never won a match in the League so that came hard and really worked hard into the game but we fought hard and got those two goals.” Said Daudi.

On his part, Uchizi Nkunika of Jenda United described the game as very painful as his boys failed to perform the way they prepared for this match.

“We have lost but this is the most painful defeat in the League, we haven’t won a game yes but this has been painful, the team failed to deliver today, we accept and move on.” Said Nkunika.

The victory took Stars up to 8th on the table with 12 points from three wins, three draws and three defeats while Jenda remain bottom with no point from 9 defeats in the League.

Meanwhile, Chintheche United managed to return to Nkhatabay with a valuable point after holding Chilumba Barracks to a 1-1 draw at the Chitipa Stadium.

Noah Clement opened the scores on 29th minute for the hosts before the visitors levelling the scores on 41st minute to claim a point in Chitipa.

Head coach for the hosts, Nelson Chirwa described the game as balanced as both teams played very well in search of a win.

“It was a good game, both teams came here to win and for us we are at the bottom of the League so we wanted a win and we scored a goal but towards the end of the first half we relaxed and our friends scored.” Said Chirwa.

Meanwhile, Assistant coach for Chintheche United, MacMillan Banda, said hid team missed a lot of chances which could have won them the game.

“It was a good game, both sides were good but we missed good chances, in the added time we missed and in regulation time we also got clean chances which we could have scored but we failed.” Said Banda.

Chintheche now moved up to 15 points from four wins, three draws and two losses on position 6 while Chilumba remain 11th with one win, four draws and four defeats in the League.

The two games were scheduled for last Sunday but were shifted to Tuesday as Jenda United and Chintheche failed to make it to Blantyre and Chitipa respectively due to fuel scarcity in the country.