{"id":40525,"date":"2025-11-03T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40525"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:33:39","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrelegation-battle-takes-centre-stage-as-castle-lager-premier-soccer-league-enters-penultimate-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignrelegation-battle-takes-centre-stage-as-castle-lager-premier-soccer-league-enters-penultimate-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Relegation battle takes centre stage as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League enters penultimate round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The focus will shift to the relegation battle this weekend as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League enters its penultimate round.<\/p>\n<p>The championship race was settled on Matchday 32 when Scottland FC clinched the title after a commanding 5-1 victory over Kwekwe United, reaching an unassailable 65 points.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into Matchday 33, only the top eight teams on the latest standings are guaranteed safety, while nine clubs will be fighting to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138486\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Relegation-battle-takes-centre-stage-as-Castle-Lager-Premier-Soccer.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_1762096863154.jpg?w=997&amp;ssl=1 997w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_1762096863154.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_1762096863154.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Photo_1762096863154.jpg?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kwekwe United are the only team already relegated ahead of this round.<\/p>\n<p>All Matchday 33 fixtures will kick off simultaneously on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Matchday 33 fixtures and venues:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 8 November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. ZPC Kariba FC vs TelOne FC \u2014 Nyamhunga Stadium<\/p>\n<p>2. FC Platinum vs Herentals College FC \u2014 Mandava Stadium<\/p>\n<p>3. Yadah FC vs Dynamos FC \u2014 Ngoni Stadium<\/p>\n<p>4. Bikita Minerals FC vs Simba Bhora FC \u2014 Sakubva Stadium<\/p>\n<p>5. Highlanders FC vs Manica Diamonds FC \u2014 Barbourfields Stadium<\/p>\n<p>6. Ngezi Platinum Stars FC vs Chicken Inn FC \u2014 Baobab Stadium<\/p>\n<p>7. CAPS United FC vs MWOS FC \u2014 Rufaro Stadium<\/p>\n<p>8. Triangle United FC vs Kwekwe United FC \u2014 Gibbo Stadium<\/p>\n<p>9. Scottland FC vs GreenFuel FC \u2014 Wadzanayi Stadium<\/p>\n<p><em>*All matches to kickoff at 3 pm CAT.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Relegation #battle #takes #centre #stage #Castle #Lager #Premier #Soccer #League #enters #penultimate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focus will shift to the relegation battle this weekend as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League enters its penultimate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2256,240,827,2383,241,300,9180,1034,1125,1035,561,559],"class_list":["post-40525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-battle","tag-castle","tag-centre","tag-enters","tag-lager","tag-league","tag-penultimate","tag-premier","tag-relegation","tag-soccer","tag-stage","tag-takes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40526,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40525\/revisions\/40526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}