THOHOYANDOU – Black Leopards spent the whole of last season fighting for survival, but the situation looks different this season. Instead, the odds are against another Limpopo-based club, Dynamos Football Club, this season. Counting with effect from their last season's fixtures, Dynamos have now gone 21 league matches without a victory. They have already played seven league matches this season, of which they managed to draw four, and lost the rest.

The team's poor results have forced its management to part ways with the Zambian coach, Jacob Sakala, early last week and replace him with the former Manning Rangers coach, Steve Komphela.

Despite all this, the team continued to drop vital league points last weekend. They drew 1-1 with Sundowns Football Club at the Giyani Stadium on Saturday. The Giyani outfit are perched in the second last spot on the log.

They are tied with the other Limpopo based club, Highlandspark Silver Stars, with the same number of points. Hellenic are down on the log with one point in their account after seven outings. On the other hand, Black Leopards are challenging for the league honors this season.

They are lying sixth on the log with 11 points in hand, gained from seven matches. Leopards are still fresh from their 3-2 victory last weekend over Zulu Royals. The team that is on top of the log is Kaizer Chiefs. Kaizer Chiefs are still to lose a league match this season. They have 17 points in hand.

Wits University are in the second spot, with two points fewer than the Amakhosi. Apart from the fact that the "clever students" are still keeping a clean slate in as far as losing a league match is concerned, they are still to concede a goal as well. In the third place are Ajax Cape Town, who have 15 points as well