By Brighton Ncube
“Imbongolwane isihubela eduzane” so goes the Ndebele adage, surely selidumela emansumpeni in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer league. Each week we are enticed with majestically football, this past week everybody was glued to hear the outcome of the Premier soccer league fixtures. 16 goals in this week castle premier soccer league. Caps united on 54 points, Highlanders on 53points and FC Platinum on 52 points, just a minor difference separating the top 3 teams.
The top 3 teams Caps united, Highlanders and FC Platinum were on action. Highlanders beat Bulawayo city 3-1, Caps united went on to draw with Dynamos 3-3 FC platinum drew with Ngezi Platinum on Saturday and blew their chances of clinching the title. Caps united “the Green machine to be on top followed by Highlanders Ezimnyama ngenkani. fans have raised their concerns on Dynamos “selling” the game ti Caps United, Highlanders fans were happy to hear that Caps United were trailing by 3-0 and thought they had the championship in their bag, this was so with the South African senior national team when it celebrated for the lost of the other team for it to qualify not knowing Christmas does not come too early.
Its 3 games remaining now before boys are separated from man, who will be crowned the 2016 champion’s only time will tell. Who will make it into this year soccer star of the year calendar? Many players are show casing nice piece of football. Which side of the country will the 2016 castle premier soccer league land to? The remaining matches will be a decider for the teams in the top flight.
The Log standings as at 18-10-2016.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CAPS United FC | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 54 |
| 2 | Highlanders FC | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Platinum FC | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | ZPC Kariba | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 41 |
| 5 | Dynamos FC | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | Chicken Inn | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Harare City FC | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | How Mine FC | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Ngezi Platinum FC | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Bulawayo City FC | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 35 |
| 11 | Hwange Colliery | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Triangle FC | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 31 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Chapungu United | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Mutare City Rovers | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 39 | -18 | 26 |
| 15 | Tsholotsho FC | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 23 |
| 16 | Border Strikers FC | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 37 | -28 | 14 |
