Silver Strikers outing to the North was bittersweet as it came home with 3 points out of a possible 6 after a defeat by Chitipa United.
With the two fixtures against unpredictable adversaries in Chitipa United and Karonga United, the Lilongwe sky-blues went home with half a smile after winning the Karonga game in difficult circumstances.
Chitipa won their match after a dubious penalty was awarded after goalkeeper Brighton Munthali collided with a Chitipa United striker, outside of the 18-yard box only for the referee to point at the spot and Chitipa was all smiles for collecting maximum points.
Blessings Tembo on Sunday was the difference as he scored the lone goal of the match after Steven Micheta placed a man of the match performance for the bankers with three saves that could have otherwise been disastrous to the Kabwe led team.
The game was however abandoned in the 87th minute as both teams protested referee Mercy Kayira’s decision to award Karonga United a penalty which the Assistant referee denied to award Karonga and instead Kayira opted for the indirect fereekick and Karonga United denied playing and was such till stoppage time.
The bankers return home with 45 points in second position as Bullets have a superior goal difference.