Absa Premiership

Preview: Engen Santos vs. Bloemfontein Celtic

Friday, 17 April 2009

Friday night's Absa Premiership action sees a change of venue for Engen Santos when they host Bloemfontein Celtic at Coetzenburg Stadium in Stellenbosch.

"The People's Team" will be keen to return to winning ways against the visitors, hoping to improve on their recent form that has seen them suffer an unfortunate series of defeats at the hand of Maritzburg United, Amazulu, and most recently, Ajax Cape Town.

It is therefore understandable that Engen Santos will be going all out on Friday and will not settle for anything less than maximum points to strengthen their log position, while also giving the ongoing "Goals for Charity" campaign* a much-needed boost, that will move the campaign barometer even closer to its target of R1 million by next year.

Thus far, this fundraising campaign has donated more than R 400,000 in aid of Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in the past five years, with this season's campaign raising R 28,000.

However, a win for "The People's Team" could prove to be quite challenging as there are only four games remaining to collect invaluable points. "Phunye Sele Sele" who is in the midst of a hotly contested relegation battle with Thanda Royal Zulu and Bay United at the bottom of the Premiership table will also run out onto the pitch all guns blazing with everything to play for. Fans of both teams can therefore anticipate a tough on field battle at the Coetzenburg stadium on Friday.

Kick off is at 20:00