As the 2022/23 football season draws closer to its conclusion, the stakes of games are higher than ever. Let's review the weekend's action in the MTN ELITE ONE championship. With at least eight teams still battling for the four available playoff spots, there was no shortage of drama in stadia across the country.
Weekend Review: MTN Elite One
We start our weekend review with the game that saw Dragon of Yaoundé relegated to the MTN ELITE TWO for the first time in 9 years. The Cha ha boys succumbed to a 3-nil throbbing by group B leaders Bamboutous of Mbouda.
Junior Kemajou took His tally of goals for the season to 11 with a hat-trick against the group's bottom club. The result leaves Bamboutous on 33 points after 17 games, five ahead of Fovu Football Club, who sit third and have played the same number of games.
Another win will guarantee a playoff spot for the Mangwa boys, while 5 points from their three remaining games will mean they are guaranteed to finish top of the group.
Nine games were played across several Stadia in the country, with 23 goals scored in both groups.
This round of games saw five home wins, two draws, and two away wins, including an impressive win for relegation-threatened Yafoot. Yafoot registered a morale-boosting 3-1 victory over Les Astres De Douala.
In group A, UMS of Loum registered a big win over struggling Avion Academy, boosting their chances of finishing in one of the playoff spots. The game was played at the Bounamoussadi Stadium.
Other GROUP A results are:
- EDING SPORTS FC DE LA KEKIE 1-1 PWD OF BAMENDA
- STADE RENARD DE MELONG 1-0 COLOMB SPORTIVE
- RENAISSANCE DE NGOUMOU 3-1 DJIKO FC DE BANDJOUN
Results of Group B
- BAMBOUTOUS DE MBOUDA 3-0 DRAGON DE YAOUNDE
- LES ARTRES DE DOUALA 1-3 FC YAOUNDE 2 (YAFOOT)
- UNION SPORTIVE DE DOUALA 1-1 AS FORTUNA DE MFOU
- YOSA 1-0 FAUVE AZUR ELITE
- APEJES 1-2 GAZELLE OF GAROUA
Game week 19 rounds off on the 8th of April, when COTTON SPORTS OF GAROUA takes on AIGLE ROYAL OF DSCHANG at the Bounamoussadi Stadium in Douala.