League 1: Coton Sport up in third place

Coton Sport of Garoua secured a precious victory Wednesday at home against the club Botafogo Douala (2-0), allowing it to leap from 5th to 3rd place in the standing of the Cameroonian football and be just 2 points behind the leader UMS Loum, which conceded a 1-1 stalemate to New stars of Douala.At just two rounds before the end of the first leg phase of the competition, UMS and Union Douala, which inflicted the heaviest score of the round at Cosmos Mbam (3-0), are neck-to-neck with 27 points each.

Only five points separate the club nestling at the 3rd spot (25 points) and the 11th ( Eding FC Lekie).

At the bottom of the standing, the difference between Botafogo (18th, 12 points) and Panther Nde (12th), it’s just 4 points.

The results recorded during the 15 round show: Astres / Eding: 3-2; Union / Cosmos: 3-0; Lion Blessé / Apejes (1-1); Single Sport / Dragon (3-0); Canon Yaoundé / Aigle d’Or (0-0); Racing / Bamboutos (0-1); Ums / New Stars (1-1); Coton Sport / Botafogo (2-0); Yong Sport / Panther (2-1).