Sheppard won the local derby
Sheppard played their ninth game, winning eight and drawing one.
Log leaders in the ABC Motsepe Mpumalanga B stream Witbank Sheppard made sure that they stay on top by beating their neighbours.
Witbank Sheppard beat BTM Sports on Saturday, April 17.
Sheppard playing their ninth game, winning eight and drawing one banging themselves 25 points.
BTM has played the same number of games winning only one and losing eight and having only three points.
Before the start of the match, the players observed a moment of silence and the game had to be stopped again for the officials to change their uniforms.
With BTM attacking, but failing to find the back of the net and soon Sheppard gained the upper hand as they attacked and pushed players forward.
Sheppard had a place-kick which was saved for a corner-kick. BTM had a shot that went wide and another attempt went over the bar.
Sheppard tried to push for an early lead only for BTM to defend well. A Sheppard shot hit the crossbar with the rebound saved for a corner kick. The teams break for half at 0-0.
In the second half, both teams made some changes and had the desired effect when Sheppard nearly score after a breakthrough by one of their strikers.
Sheppard in one of their attacks was denied a chance to score and the shot went wide.
BTM also had a chance to score but were let down by their last passes.
Sheppard scored the only goal of the match after a place-kick was headed into the empty net.
BTM had a double substitute, but nothing positive came out.
BTM had a chance in the dying minutes of the match when a striker failed to connect a high ball into the empty net.
BTM need to up their game to move away from the relegation zone.
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