Thursday, April 3, 2014

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Moroka Swallows vs Ajax Cape Town 4 April

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Moroka Swallows v Ajax Cape Town

Dobsonville Stadium
Friday 04 April 2014
20h00 kick-off
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Match background         

-              Moroka Swallows will look to extend Ajax Cape Town’s winless streak in the Absa Premiership when the teams meet at Dobsonville Stadium on Friday, 04 April 2014, kick-off at 20h00.

-              Swallows have won two of their last three league matches, with their last outing a 1-0 away win over Platinum Stars in midweek.

-              The Soweto side has claimed 18 points from their 12 home matches so far this season.

-              Their next three league opponents are University of Pretoria, Bidvest Wits (both away) and Mamelodi Sundowns (home).

-              The Birds are placed 10th on the Absa Premiership log with 30 points from 24 matches.

-              Ajax have gone four league matches without a win and suffered a second successive defeat when they lost 2-0 at home to Black Aces on Friday night.

-              The Cape Town side has claimed seven points from their 11 away matches so far this season.

-              Their next three league opponents are Golden Arrows, SuperSport United (both home) and Maritzburg United (away).

-              The Urban Warriors are placed 12th on the Absa Premiership log with 28 points from 24 matches.

-              In head-to-head stats, Swallows and Ajax have met in 29 league matches since 1999/2000.

-              The Birds have 13 wins compared to 11 for the Urban Warriors, while just five matches have been drawn.

-              Swallows have won nine of their 14 home matches against Ajax, suffering three defeats in the process.

-              When the teams met earlier this season in Cape Town, the Birds claimed a 3-1 away win thanks to goals from Manqele, Nomvethe and Chabangu.

-              Swallows’ line-up from their 1-0 win over Stars: Etafia, Mapemba, Hendricks, Mokgothu (Nergadze 88’), Bereng (Chabangu 56’), Cohen, Mbekile, Tsutsulupa, Mabalane, Nomvethe (Wana 82’), Obada.

-              Ajax’s line-up from their 2-0 loss to Aces: Jaakkola, Lolo, Isaacs, Hlatshwayo, Jenniker, Mzwakali (Alexander 72’), Mobara (Losper 55’), Scott, Dolly, Morris, Rodgers (Sithole 55’).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

Season Result                                                   Scorers

2008/09                Ajax 0-1 Swallows                            Haschick
2009/10                Ajax 2-0 Swallows                            Selolwane (pen), Gilbert (og)
2009/10                Swallows 2-1 Ajax                            Nomvethe, Leonard; Davids
2010/11                Swallows 2-3 Ajax                            Nergadze, Haschick; Fanteni 2 (1 pen), Serero
2010/11                Ajax 2-0 Swallows                            Carelse, Doutie
2011/12                Swallows 3-2 Ajax                            Nomvethe 2 (1 pen), Nergadze; Billiat, Carelse (pen)
2011/12                Ajax 2-2 Swallows                            Carelse, Manyama; Nomvethe 2
2012/13                Swallows 3-1 Ajax                            Mashego, Nomvethe 2; Manyama
2012/13                Ajax 1-1 Swallows                            Lebusa; Nomvethe
2013/14                Ajax 1-3 Swallows                            Dolly; Manqele, Nomvethe, Chabangu

Head-to-Head
(League only, since 1999/2000)

Home                                                   
                                P             W            D             L              GF          GA
Swallows             14           9              2              3              28           19
Ajax                       15           8              3              4              23           16

Away
                                P             W            D             L              GF          GA
Swallows             15           4              3              8              16           23
Ajax                       14           3              2              9              19           28

Total     
                                P             W            D             L              GF          GA
Swallows             29           13           5              11           44           42
Ajax                       29           11           5              13           42           44

Fixtures and results

Moroka Swallows

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

No          Date                      H/A        Opponent           (HT) Result          Goal scorers

1              03/08/13              H             U Pretoria           (0-0) W 1-0          Chabangu 89’
2              27/08/13              A             Chiefs                   (0-0) D 1-1           Chabangu 55’
3              30/08/13              H             Aces                      (2-1) W 3-2          Manqele 18’ 23’ 54’
4              14/09/13              A             AmaZulu              (0-1) L 0-1
5              18/09/13              A             SuperSport         (1-0) W 2-1          Manqele 8’, Nomvethe 60’
6              21/09/13              H             Maritzburg          (0-0) D 1-1           Mungomeni 76’
7              22/10/13              A             Celtic                     (1-1) D 2-2           Nomvethe 45’ 89’
8              25/10/13              H             P Stars  (0-0) W 2-0          Nomvethe 78’, Chabangu 90’
9              06/11/13              A             Arrows (0-2) L 1-2            Mungomeni 78’
10           22/11/13              A             Ajax                       (1-0) W 3-1          Manqele 8’, Nomvethe 51’, Chabangu 80’
11           01/12/13              A             Sundowns           (0-1) L 1-2            Chabangu 88’
12           04/12/13              H             Wits                       (0-1) L 0-1
13           18/12/13              H             Polokwane         (1-0) W 2-1          Manqele 6’, Isaacs 84’
14           21/12/13              A             FS Stars                (1-0) D 2-2           Isaacs 2’, Cohen 79’
15           31/01/14              H             Chiefs                   (0-1) L 0-2
16           08/02/14              H             AmaZulu              (0-0) D 0-0
17           19/02/14              H             SuperSport         (1-1) L 1-2            Nergadze 4’
18           28/02/14              A             Maritzburg          (0-1) L 0-1
19           09/03/14              H             Celtic                     (1-0) D 1-1           Manqele 16’
20           12/03/14              H             Pirates  (0-1) L 0-1
21           15/03/14              A             Aces                      (1-2) L 2-5            Manqele 33’, Nomvethe 73’
22           18/03/14              H             Arrows (0-0) W 1-0          Wana 59’
23           29/03/14              A             Pirates  (0-1) L 0-1
24           02/04/14              A             P Stars  (0-0) W 1-0          Obada 55’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No          Date                      H/A        Opponent

25           04/04/14              H             Ajax Cape Town
26           08/04/14              A             University of Pretoria
27           15/04/14              A             Bidvest Wits
28           19/04/14              H             Mamelodi Sundowns
29           27/04/14              A             Polokwane City
30           10/05/14              H             Free State Stars

League position – 10th

                                P             W            D             L              GF          GA          GD          Pts
Home                    12           5              3              4              12           11           +1           18
Away                     12           3              3              6              15           19           -4            12
Overall  24           8              6              10           27           30           -3            30

Ajax Cape Town

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

No          Date                      H/A        Opponent           (HT) Result          Goal scorers

1              03/08/13              A             Arrows (0-0) D 1-1           Manyama 70’
2              01/09/13              H             AmaZulu              (0-1) L 1-2            Paulse 89’
3              13/09/13              A             Wits                       (0-0) L 0-1
4              17/09/13              H             Sundowns           (0-0) D 2-2           Dolly 56’, Manyama 67’ pen
5              22/09/13              A             Polokwane         (0-1) L 0-2
6              23/10/13              H             FS Stars                (1-0) W 1-0          Telinho 14’
7              26/10/13              A             U Pretoria           (0-0) D 0-0
8              05/11/13              H             Chiefs                   (0-0) W 1-0          Morris 87’
9              09/11/13              A             Aces                      (0-0) D 0-0
10           22/11/13              H             Swallows             (0-1) L 1-3            Dolly 72’
11           26/11/13              A             SuperSport         (1-0) W 2-1          Rodgers 38’, Jenniker 84’
12           06/12/13              H             Maritzburg          (2-0) W 3-1          Rodgers 2’, Manyama 13’ 61’
13           18/12/13              H             Celtic                     (0-0) W 2-1          Paulse 69’, Jenniker 89’
14           21/12/13              H             P Stars  (0-2) L 0-2
15           27/01/14              A             Pirates  (0-1) L 1-2            Scott 71’
16           04/02/14              A             AmaZulu              (0-0) L 0-1
17           07/02/14              H             Wits                       (1-0) W 1-0          Lark 5’
18           15/02/14              A             Sundowns           (1-2) L 2-3            Paulse 44’ pen, Davids 90+1’ pen
19           18/02/14              H             Pirates  (0-0) D 0-0
20           28/02/14              H             Polokwane         (1-0) W 2-0          Dolly 6’, Paulse 55’
21           08/03/14              A             FS Stars                (0-1) D 1-1           Morris 62’
22           16/03/14              H             U Pretoria           (0-0) D 0-0
23           19/03/14              A             Chiefs                   (0-0) L 0-2
24           28/03/14              H             Aces                      (0-1) L 0-2

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No          Date                      H/A        Opponent

25           04/04/14              A             Moroka Swallows
26           09/04/14              H             Golden Arrows
27           15/04/14              H             SuperSport United
28           18/04/14              A             Maritzburg United
29           27/04/14              A             Bloemfontein Celtic
30           10/05/14              A             Platinum Stars

League position – 12th

                                P             W            D             L              GF          GA          GD          Pts
Home                    13           6              3              4              14           13           +1           21
Away                     11           1              4              6              6              13           -7            7
Overall  24           7              7              10           20           26           -6            28

League standings

Pos         Team                                                     P             W            D             L              GF          GA          GD          Pts

1              Kaizer Chiefs                                      23           16           4              3              36           14           +22         52
2              Mamelodi Sundowns     24           15           4              5              43           24           +19         49
3              Bidvest Wits                                       22           12           5              5              28           17           +11         41
4              Orlando Pirates                 23           11           4              8              24           17           +7           37
5              Mpumalanga Black Aces               24           10           7              7              28           25           +3           37
6              Platinum Stars                   24           9              8              7              26           25           +1           35
7              AmaZulu                                              25           9              8              8              24           30           -6            35
8              SuperSport United                          23           9              7              7              31           27           +4           34
9              Bloemfontein Celtic                        24           7              12           5              30           28           +2           33
10           Moroka Swallows                            24           8              6              10           27           30           -3            30
11           University of Pretoria     24           8              4              12           21           23           -2            28
12           Ajax Cape Town                               24           7              7              10           21           27           -6            28
13           Maritzburg United                           24           7              6              11           28           34           -6            27
14           Free State Stars                                23           5              6              12           22           34           -12          21
15           Polokwane City                 24           5              5              14           24           34           -10          20
16           Golden Arrows                 23           4              1              18           17           41           -24          13


Club information

Moroka Swallows

Nickname: The Birds
Formed: 1947
Major honours: League titles: 1 (1965); Top Eight Cup titles: 3 (1975, 1979, 2012); National Cup titles: 5 (1983, 1989, 1991, 2004, 2009).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P             W            D             L              GF          GA          GD          Pts
534         199         152         183         634         648         -14          749

Ajax Cape Town

Nickname: The Urban Warriors
Formed: 1999
Major honours: League Cup titles: 2 (2000, 2008); National Cup titles: 1 (2007).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P             W            D             L              GF          GA          GD          Pts

432         168         114         150         530         524         +6           618

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