JDR Stars beat Cape Town Spurs 2-0 in the Motsepe Foundation Championship at the Soshanguve Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
This is the second consecutive defeat for Urban Warriors who lost 2-1 to Pretoria Callies in the last match.
Prince Nxumalo broke the deadlock in the 50th minute for the home before Ishmael Wadi made it 2-0 with 12 minutes remaining on the clock. Shaun Bartlett’s side are three points behind log leaders Casric Stars and second placed Polokwane City.
Casric Stars bounced back from a disappointing defeat to Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup to beat La Masia 0. Lehlohonolo Majela scored the only goal of the match in the 20th minute.
Muzomuhle Khanyi scored a crucial last-minute winner for Hungry Lions against Uthongathi. Hungry Lions are lying on position four on the log and have a good chance of qualifying for promotional Play Offs.
Polokwane City dropped two crucial points against Amatuks.
Motsepe Foundation Championship Roundup
JDR Stars 2 (Prince Nxumalo 50 Ishmael Wadi 78)
Cape Town Spurs 0
Casric Stars FC 1 (Lehlohonolo Majela 20)
La Masia 0
Hungry Lions FC 1 (Muzomuhle Khanyi 89)
Uthongathi FC 0
Polokwane City 0
University of Pretoria 0
Pretoria Callies 1 (Malefole Molaba 18)
Venda Football Academy 0