Kagere’s strike deny APR win

PNFL, Yesterday Police 1-1 APR Etincelles 1-1 MusanzeAS Kigali 0-0 Kiyovu Amagaju 0-0 Isonga Espoir 1-1 Etincelles Marines 1-4 MukuraTodayLa Jeunesse vs Rayon [Stade de Kigali]STRIKER Meddie Kagere scored a late first half equalising goal to deny defending champion APR a win in a Primus National Football League match played yesterday at Kicukiro turf.Barnabe Mubumbyi put the military side ahead on 30th minute through a header secured from Jean Claude Iranzi’s cross.However, fifteen minutes later, Kagere snatched an equalising from Ismail Nshutiyamagara’s poor defending to cancel out APR’s lead.Despite playing an entertaining second half, both sides failed to find the winner in the second half.Police remains at the summit of the Primus League standings with 33 points in sixteen matches played while APR jumped to second position with 29 points and superior goal difference over Rayon Sport but they could fall back to third position if the blues register a win in their fixture today.Rayon Sport who are motivated may also close gap and move to 32 points if they attain maximum points away to La Jeunesse in today’s lone fixture.Elsewhere, AS Kigali was also held to a goalless draw by SC Kiyovu at Stade de Kigali. Both sides had their positions unchanged with Kiyovu securing 28 points on fourth position while AS Kigali has 25 points on fifth position.Mukura jumped to sixth position with 25 points after hammering Marines 4-1 at Umuganda Stadium while Musanze were forced to a 1-all draw by visitors AS Muhanga.Relegation battling side Etincelles forced Espoir to a 1-all draw in Rusizi while Isonga and Amagaju played out a goalless draw in Nyamagabe.Both Isonga and Etincelles are tied in the relegation zone with 11 points each.