Any false step from one team could see the other win the championship this year.
Three days to the end of the current elite championship, the mist is beginning to dissipate from the classification table. With a series of draws registered, Mount Cameroon has regressed, leaving the battle for leadership in the ongoing elite championship to a Union and Cotonsport. Already, Cotonsport has taken a good option to winning the championship for the sixth consecutive when they edged AS Cetef of Douala, 1-0 in an advanced day 31 match played last Wednesday.
Union is thus currently trailing Cotonsport with four points and any false step against Tonnere next Sunday would seriously compromise their chances of winning the championship this year. Cotonsport is currently leading with 66 points, followed by Union with 62 points. A win for the Nassara Boys would raise them to 65 points, just one point behind the five-time
league champion, Cotonsport.
Apart from the battle for leadership, the stakes at the bottom of the classification table are that of survival in the first division. With teams like CPS Abong-mbang whose change of names to CPS Bertoua seems to have brought the club ill-luck, already certain to drop back to the second division next year. With Foudre just above the relegation line by goal difference, the club will be seeking to consolidate its place in the first division by obtaining a victory. Same as Ngaoundere University on the 12th position with 36 points. AS Cetef, with just one point behind the last team above the relegation line, will be fighting frantically to make a come back to the "green zone". For teams like Federal, Sahel and Sable to caress hopes of maintenance in the first division, is like crying over spilled milk. Even if they were to win all their remaining matches, they won’t be able to make it.
