{"id":52931,"date":"2026-03-16T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52931"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:51:06","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignfive-takeaways-from-matchday-2-of-the-2026-castle-lager-premier-soccer-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/16\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignfive-takeaways-from-matchday-2-of-the-2026-castle-lager-premier-soccer-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Five takeaways from Matchday 2 of the 2026 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League"},"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 id=\"post-140272\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Five-takeaways-from-Matchday-2-of-the-2026-Castle-Lager.webp.jpeg?resize=396%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Highlanders-fan.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The 2026 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League entered Matchday 2 over the weekend, and here are five takeaways from the second round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chadya\u2019s embarrassing blunder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scottland FC goalkeeper Nelson Chadya made an embarrassing goalkeeping blunder that led to a goal. Ngezi\u2019s Farai Madhanaga won the ball near the centre circle before making a run and releasing a shot towards goal. The keeper appeared ready to stop the effort, but the ball slipped through his legs and rolled into the net.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAPS United remain the only side with a perfect start<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CAPS United beat Herentals 1-0 to maintain a perfect start to the season. The result saw them become the only side yet to drop points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle of Zim lives up to its billing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dynamos and Highlanders played out an entertaining 2\u20132 draw at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The game was the first league instalment of the Battle of Zimbabwe this season and was attended by a bumper crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agama remain the only promoted side yet to pick a point<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Agama remained the only newly promoted side yet to pick a point this season. The Mt Darwin-based side lost again, this time to Bulawayo Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardrock secure historic first win<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hardrock FC secured their first-ever victory in the top flight after edging ZPC Kariba 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Boys, who were promoted from the Central Region Division One League, got the victory courtesy of Washington Navaya\u2019s second-half strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2026 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/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#takeaways #Matchday #Castle #Lager #Premier #Soccer #League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The 2026 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League entered Matchday 2 over the weekend, and here are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[240,241,300,243,1034,1035,9920],"class_list":["post-52931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-castle","tag-lager","tag-league","tag-matchday","tag-premier","tag-soccer","tag-takeaways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52931","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=52931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52933,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52931\/revisions\/52933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}