The ninth stage of Division A offered a lot of surprises. The championship’s leader FC Viitorul Orhei drew 2-2 with FC Olimp Ungheni, while Sheriff-2 Tiraspol was defeated by Intersport Aroma Cobusca Noua by 1-4 in a home match. The results of Sunday’s matches balanced out the general rankings. Podis and Locomotiva have equal chances of dethroning the first-ranked FC Viitorul in the tenth stage, especially because the Orhei team has played by one more game. [Division A results] Zimbru-2 – Gagauziya 0-0 FC Olimp – FC Viitorul 2-2 Sheriff-2 – Intersport Aroma 1-4 Eikomena P.A. – FC Sfantul Gheorghe 0-1 Locomotiva – FC Cahul-2005 1-0 Podis – CSCA Buiucani 1-0 FC Politehnica UTM – Izvoras-67 1-0 Mipan – Dinamo-2 0-0 [General rankings] FC Viitorul 22 p Podis 21p Locomotiva 18 p FC Cahul-2005 18 p FC Politehnica UTM 17p Gagauziya 16 p CSCA Buiucani 14 p Sheriff-2 11p FC Floreni 11p Intersport-Aroma 11p FC Izvoraş-67 10p FC Dinamo-2 9p C.S Olimp 7p FC Zimbru-2 5p FC Sfantul Gheorghe 4p Eikomena P.A. 4p MIPAN 2p