Its official! Mzuzu University FC has survived the TNM Super League relegation despite losing to Red Lions by 1 goal to nil on Sunday at Zomba Community Centre ground. The student’s survival means that they will be back in action in the country’s top flight league next year effectively breaking the jinx which was seeing newly promoted teams from the Simama northern region football league being shown the exit door of the TNM league by the end of their qualifying season.
As of today, FISD Wizards have been dumped to the Sejjere Southern region Football League after being mercilessly defeated 3-1 by Be Forward Wanderers. Airborne Rangers FC was already off-loaded to the lower league, thus Chipiku Central region Football League to start all over again.
The remaining team to be ‘weeded’ from the Super League will either be Dedza or EPAC FC.
Mzuni Survival Analysis
Currently, Mzuni FC lies on 11th position on the TNM Super League log table and it has 29 points ahead of Dedza on goal difference. Mzuni FC has a game to go and it will face MAFCO FC at Chitowe Stadium in Dwangwa next week.
Elsewhere, EPAC FC has now 27 points after they dramatically defeated MAFCO FC by 4 goals to 3 on Sunday.
The two teams, EPAC and Dedza FC will face off next weekend at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe.
Whatever happens in this Dedza Vs EPAC affair won’t affect Mzuni FC in any. Mzuni FC is home and dry.
Here are the three possibilities.
1. If EPAC wins and Mzuni loses against MAFCO, it won’t matter. EPAC will go above Mzuni FC but Dedza will take EPAC’s place in the drop zone. In other words, Dedza will be sent packing to the lower league.
2. If Dedza wins against EPAC and Mzuni FC loses against MAFCO, then, EPAC will remain stuck. It will be shoveled out of the TNM super League to join Airborne rangers in the central region football league. It means that Dedza will simply go above Mzuni FC, that is in the worst scenario that Mzuni FC loses or draws against MAFCO FC.
3. If Dedza Vs EPAC ends in a draw, then EPAC will be ejected from the TNM super League as it will have 28 points.
EPAC FC Vs Dedza FC this weekend is a winner takes all encounter; a game to watch!
From this analysis, one thing is coming out very clearly that the EPAC Vs Dedza FC game will be the game to watch this weekend as the stakes are high for the two teams. It’s a sink or swim encounter for the two teams. However, whatever result from this game will not affect Mzuni FC as the students have defied all odds to prove to all and sundry that they are not only trainable academically but also that they cannot be ‘weeded’ from the TNM Super League.
Below is the TNM Super League log table as of Sunday 13th December, 2014.
TNM LOG TABLE
P . Team — GP GD PTS
01 B Bullets 26 24 60
02 MAFCO FC 27 11 47
03 B Eagles 26 12 44
04 S Strikers 27 11 43
05 Beforward 26 05 39
06 A Tigers 26 04 38
07 Red Lions 26 02 38
08 K Barracks 27 02 36
09 CIVO UTD 26 -1 34
10 Moyale FC 27 01 33
11 Mzuni FC 27 -11 29
12 Dedza YS 27 -19 29
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13 EPAC FC 27 -17 27
14 Airborne 27 -15 25
15 Wizards FC 26 -9 21
