Machoha secured their first point of the Premier League campaign with a 2:1 away win at Liphofane on Saturday. The result lifts the visitors off the bottom of the table, where they had sat unbeaten only in the sense that they hadn't yet tasted success. Liphofane, meanwhile, remain twelfth after four games.
To be fair, it was a match that reflected the early-season uncertainty. Both sides had shown flashes but neither had found consistency. Machoha's away record prior to this included three defeats and a draw, so any point would have mattered.
The visitors came into this fixture having lost all four of their opening matches. Their last outing saw them fall 0:5 to Llole, a result that had put pressure on the coaching staff. By then, the expectation was simply for them to compete rather than celebrate.
Liphofane's form had been more varied. They had beaten Members 2:0 and shared the points with University Limkokwing, but those positives were offset by heavy defeats to Manonanyane and Matlama. They needed something from this encounter.
The final score puts Machoha on four points, level with Liphofane. The gap between them and the teams above remains significant, but at least the visitors now have something to build on rather than nothing.