Copperbelt Ladies remain the only team in the 2024 season of the Hollywoodbets Super League with an unblemished record.
After five rounds of matches, the Limpopo outfit is yet to lose a match, registering two wins and three draws – they could extend that run when they face the struggling Thunderbirds Ladies on Sunday, 31 March in Polokwane.
COPPERBELT LADIES RECORD SO FAR:
- 2 – 2 vs University of the Western Cape
- 4 – 1 vs Durban Ladies
- 2 – 1 vs University of Fort Hare
- 1 – 1 vs Lindelani Ladies
- 1 – 1 vs Richmond United
Copperbelt Ladies are only in their second season in the South African elite women’s football league, after gaining promotion in at the end of the 2022 season.
The Limpopo side is currently fourth on the table on nine points, three adrift of defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the second-placed University of Pretoria.
The struggle continues for Eastern Cape’s Thunderbirds Ladies as they have now gone five rounds of fixtures without a point. In the process they have conceded 15 goals, scoring only two.
THUNDERBIRDS LADIES RECORD SO FAR:
- 0 – 3 vs Lindelani Ladies
- 0 – 2 vs Richmond United
- 1 – 4 vs City Lads Ladies
- 0 – 3 vs TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies
- 1 – 3 vs University of Pretoria
Week 5 of the 2024 Hollywoodbets Super League was raining goals, with a total of 35 netted – the highest margin since the start of the current campaign, with no team managing a clean, another first for 2024.
The highest-goal scoring matches saw JVW beating the University of Fort Hare 5-1 (in a match that saw Nompumelelo Nyandeni score on her return to the clubs after parting ways with TS Galaxy Queens), with Sundowns Ladies registering the same victory against Durban Ladies.
Next in line were 4-1 scorelines recorded in three games – TUT defeating City Lads, the UJ Ladies overcoming TS Galaxy Queens and First Touch Ladies brushing aside Lindelani Ladies.
In other results Tuks Ladies had the better of Thunderbirds Ladies, while the spoils were shared in the fixtures Richmond United vs Copperbelt Ladies as well as Royal AM vs UWC.
HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE WEEK FIVE FACTS:
8 GAMES:
- 6 winners
- 2 draws
2: number of teams that won 5-1
- Sundowns Ladies
- JVW
3: number of teams that won 4-1
- TUT Matsatsantsa
- UJ Ladies
- First Touch Ladies
2: number of drawn matches (1-1)
- Richmond vs Copperbelt
- Royal AM vs UWC
Home Wins: 3
- JVW
- TUT Matsatsantsa
- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Away Wins: 3
- University of JHB
- TUKS
- First Touch Ladies
Draws: 2
Goalless draws: 0
Clean sheets: 0
GOALS:
WEEK 5:
- 35 GOALS:
WEEK 4:
- 17 GOALS
WEEK 3:
- 26 goals
WEEK 2:
- 33 GOALS
WEEK 1:
- 29 GOALS
TOTAL GOALS: 140
Top Goal Scorers
- Busisiwe Ndimeni (TS Galaxy Queens): 5 out 5 goals
- vs City Lads
- vs Royal AM
- vs Sundowns
- vs JVW
- vs UJ Ladies
- Tanna Hollis (JVW): 4 out of 4 – all from the bench
- vs UJ
- vs UWC
- vs Durban Ladies
- Vs University of Fort Hare
TOP 8 TEAMS AFTER WEEK 5:
- Sundowns Ladies: 12 pts
- Tuks Ladies: 12
- UJ Ladies: 10
- Copperbelt Ladies: 9
- TUT Matsatsantsa: 9
- JVW : 9
- TS Galaxy Queens: 9
- UWC: 8
HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE FIXTURES: WEEK 5
Sunday, 24 March 2024
JVW 5 – 1 University of Fort Hare
UJ Soweto Stadium
Richmond United 1 – 1 Copperbelt Ladies
Merino Park
De Aar
TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies 4 – 1 City Lads
TUT Pretoria Stadium
TS Galaxy Queens 1 – 4 UJ Ladies
Solomon Mahlangu Stadium
Mpumalanga
Thunderbirds Ladies 1 – 3 University of Pretoria
Sisa Dukashe Stadium
Bisho
Royal AM 1 – 1 UWC
Harry Gwala Stadium
Pietermaritzburg
Sundowns Ladies 5 – 1 Durban Ladies
Lucas Moripe Stadium
Atteridgeville
Lindelani Ladies 1 – 4 First Touch Ladies
Princess Magogo Stadium
Durban
By Matlhomola Morake
