The Lautoka vs Ba match was on hold for a while after the officials wanted spectators to practice social distancing at Churchill Park.

The Ba football team maintained its unbeaten run in the Vodafone Premier League beating Lautoka 2-1 at Churchill Park.

After this win, Ba has jumped to second spot with nine points while Lautoka drops to fourth spot with seven points.

Saula Waqa continued his goal scoring form and scored the winner for the Men in Black in the eight minute of the second half.

The Men in Black had a dream start when Manasa Nawakula scored in the first minute from the penalty spot.

Ba led one-nil at halftime.

Lautoka equalized in the first minute of the second half through Samuela Gavo but Waqa’s goal ensured maximum points for Ronil Kumar coached side.

Ba goalkeeper Misiwani Nairube was carried off the field in the second half and Isikeli Seva Junior made his debut.

The 18-year-old is the son of former Ba goalkeeper Isikeli Seva.

Lautoka was down to ten men in the 42nd minute after Sekove Finau was shown the red card.

Ba Football Manager Ranbir Singh says they came into the game confident of maintaining their VPL unbeaten run.

“Yes we are really proud of the boys and really happy to get away with the three points and we actually came here with a mission as I mentioned in the buildup we take a game at a time so yes our aim for this game was three points and we are really proud of the boys”.

The match was on hold for a while after the officials wanted spectators to practice social distancing.

Meanwhile, Lautoka Football Coach Ravinesh Kumar says despite their loss last night, the game is a learning curve for his players.

“This game gives me a benchmark of my analysis and playing against Ba and doing the analysis is very good playing a great team for Fiji and great players is really good and I can do a better analysis of this game and improve the team and the players as well”.

[Source: Fiji Football]

In other VPL games this week, Ba will host Nasinu at the Fiji FA Academy ground on Saturday at 3pm while Lautoka meet Navua on Sunday at the Uprising Resort Ground at 3pm.

Labasa takes on Nadi at 2pm at Subrail Park on Saturday.

On Sunday the Delta Tigers will take on the Capital side at 3pm at the ANZ stadium.

You can watch the Rewa and Suva match live on Sunday on both FBC TV and FBC Sports. You can also tune in to Mirchi FM for the live commentary.

The match was on hold for a while after the officials wanted spectators to practice social distancing.