Friday, April 4, 2014

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Mpumalanga Black Aces v Bidvest Wits 5 April



ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Mpumalanga Black Aces v Bidvest Wits

Mbombela Stadium
Saturday 05 April 2014
15h00 kick-off


Match background   

-       Mpumalanga Black Aces will look to continue their good form in the Absa Premiership when they host Bidvest Wits at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday, 05 April 2014, kick-off at 15h00.

-       Aces have won four of their last five league matches, including a 1-0 away win over Orlando Pirates in midweek.

-       The Mpumalanga club has claimed 23 points from their 12 home matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns (both away) and Polokwane City (home).

-       AmaZayoni are placed fifth on the Absa Premiership log with 37 points from 24 matches.

-       Wits have won five of their last seven league matches and beat Golden Arrows 1-0 away on Saturday in their last outing.

-       The Johannesburg team has claimed 20 points from their 12 away matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Platinum Stars, Moroka Swallows (both home) and SuperSport United (away).

-       The Clever Boys are placed third on the Absa Premiership log with 41 points from 22 matches.

-       In head-to-head stats, Aces and Wits have met in 30 league matches since 1985.

-       The Clever Boys have 15 wins compared to just three for AmaZayoni, while no less than 12 matches have been drawn.

-       Aces have won just two of their 15 home matches against Wits, suffering five defeats in the process.

-       When the teams met earlier this season in Johannesburg they played to a goalless draw.

-       Aces’ line-up from their 1-0 win over Pirates: Mabokgwane, Nato, Mwanjali, Mabizela, Ngalo, Timm (Tukane 87’), Zuke, Nale, Qalinge, Okonkwo (Mbuyane 68’), Ndoro (Ngobeni 87’).

-       Wits’ line-up from their 1-0 win over Arrows: Josephs, Bhasera, Mngonyama, Gumede, Booth, Langwe (Chapman 79’), Vilakazi, Faty, Nhlapo, Madubanya (Isaacs 69’), Ngcobo (Kebede 93’),
                                                                                                                       
Previous meetings   

Last ten league meetings

Season          Result                                                Scorers

1995               Aces 0-1 Wits                        Du Pont
1995               Wits 2-1 Aces                        Ewen, Otiti; Shili
1996               Aces 0-0 Wits
1996/97          Wits 3-1 Aces                        N. Winstanley, N’gandu; Bang-Penda
1996/97          Aces 0-1 Wits                        N’gandu
2009/10          Wits 0-1 Aces                        Mulenga
2009/10          Aces 1-1 Wits                        Zuke; Sif. Vilakazi
2010/11          Aces 1-1 Wits                        Maleka; Richards
2010/11          Wits 3-0 Aces                        Haskins, Sib. Vilakazi, Sserunkuma
2013/14          Wits 0-0 Aces

Head-to-Head
(League only, since 1985)

Home                                    
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Aces               15        2          8          5          14        18
Wits                15        10        4          1          29        11

Away
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Aces               15        1          4          10        11        29
Wits                15        5          8          2          18        14

Total 
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Aces               30        3          12        15        25        47
Wits                30        15        12        3          47        25

Fixtures and results

Mpumalanga Black Aces

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          02/08/13         H         Chiefs                        (0-1) L 0-1
2          27/08/13         A         AmaZulu       (1-0) W 2-1    Hendricks 19’, Zwane 90+2’
3          30/08/13         A         Swallows       (1-2) L 2-3      Qalinge 28’, Ngobeni 90+5’
4          15/09/13         H         SuperSport    (1-0) D 1-1     Khenyeza 45’
5          18/09/13         A         Maritzburg     (0-2) L 0-2
6          25/09/13         H         Celtic              (1-0) D 1-1     Khenyeza 38’
7          22/10/13         A         P Stars           (0-1) D 2-2     Ngobeni 50’, Masina 82’
8          26/10/13         H         Arrows            (1-0) W 1-0    Ngalo 34’
9          09/11/13         H         Ajax                (0-0) D 0-0
10        22/11/13         A         Wits                (0-0) D 0-0
11        04/12/13         H         Sundowns    (1-0) W 1-0    Mulenga 10’
12        08/12/13         A         Polokwane    (0-1) L 1-2      Okonkwo 54’
13        16/12/13         H         FS Stars         (0-0) W 1-0    Mabizela 69’
14        22/12/13         A         U Pretoria      (0-0) L 0-2
15        12/02/14         A         SuperSport    (0-1) L 0-2
16        16/02/14         H         Maritzburg     (2-1) W 2-1    Ndoro 3’, Nato 35’
17        19/02/14         H         AmaZulu       (1-0) W 2-0    Zwane 44’, Khenyeza 65’
18        02/03/14         A         Celtic              (0-0) L 0-2
19        07/03/14         H         P Stars           (1-1) D 1-1     Zwane 30’
20        12/03/14         A         Arrows            (1-0) W 2-1    Mwanjali 26’, Zwane 74’
21        15/03/14         H         Swallows       (2-1) W 5-2    Ndoro 23’ 69’ 83’, Timm 44’, Nale 75’
22        18/03/14         H         Pirates            (1-1) D 1-1     Ngalo 32’
23        28/03/14         A         Ajax                (1-0) W 2-0    Ndoro 2’ 78’
24        02/04/14         A         Pirates            (0-0) W 1-0    Mbuyane 80’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

25        05/04/14         H         Bidvest Wits
26        09/04/14         A         Kaizer Chiefs
27        16/04/14         A         Mamelodi Sundowns
28        20/04/14         H         Polokwane City
29        26/04/14         A         Free State Stars
30        10/05/14         H         University of Pretoria

League position – 5th

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             12        6          5          1          16        8          +8        23
Away              12        4          2          6          12        17        -5         14
Overall           24        10        7          7          28        25        +3        37

Bidvest Wits

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          04/08/13         A         P Stars           (0-0) D 0-0
2          28/08/13         H         Arrows            (1-0) W 1-0    Ngalende 34’
3          13/09/13         H         Ajax                (0-0) W 1-0    Ngalende 51’
4          17/09/13         H         AmaZulu       (0-0) D 1-1     Kebede 90+2’
5          21/09/13         A         Sundowns    (1-1) L 1-2      Kebede 21’
6          23/10/13         H         Polokwane    (0-0) D 0-0
7          27/10/13         A         FS Stars         (0-0) W 2-0    Pattison 57’, Vilakazi 66’
8          06/11/13         H         U Pretoria      (0-0) W 1-0    Vilakazi 63’
9          09/11/13         A         Chiefs                        (0-0) L 1-2      Chapman 66’
10        22/11/13         H         Aces               (0-0) D 0-0
11        04/12/13         A         Swallows       (1-0) W 1-0    Vilakazi 23’
12        16/12/13         A         Maritzburg     (1-0) W 3-1    Pattison 7’, Kebede 61’, Kadi 90’
13        21/12/13         H         Celtic              (1-0) W 3-1    Pattison 17’, Chapman 68’, Kadi 90’
14        04/02/14         A         Pirates            (1-0) L 1-2      Vilakazi 20’
15        07/02/14         A         Ajax                (0-1) L 0-1
16        15/02/14         A         AmaZulu       (1-0) W 1-0    Ngcobo 16’
17        25/02/14         H         SuperSport    (1-1) W 3-2    Vilakazi 38’ pen 71’ 77’
18        01/03/14         H         Sundowns    (1-1) W 3-1    Ngcobo 27’, Booth 52’, Kadi 65’
19        09/03/14         A         Polokwane    (3-0) W 3-1    Shongwe 29’, Faty 36’ pen, Ngcobo 45+3’
20        15/03/14         H         FS Stars         (0-1) L 1-3      Ngalande 90’
21        19/03/14         A         U Pretoria      (0-0) D 0-0
22        29/03/14         A         Arrows            (1-0) W 1-0    Ngcobo 13’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

-           N/A                 H         Kaizer Chiefs – Postponed
24        05/04/14         A         Mpumalanga Black Aces
25        09/04/14         H         Platinum Stars
26        15/04/14         H         Moroka Swallows
27        19/04/14         A         SuperSport United
28        26/04/14         H         Maritzburg United
29        30/04/14         A         Orlando Pirates
30        10/05/14         A         Bloemfontein Celtic

League position – 3rd

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             10        6          3          1          14        8          +6        21
Away              12        6          2          4          14        9          +5        20
Overall           22        12        5          5          28        17        +11     41

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

Round fixtures

Friday 04 April 2014

20h00 – Moroka Swallows v Ajax Cape Town – Dobsonville Stadium

Saturday 05 April 2014

15h00 – SuperSport United v Orlando Pirates – Lucas Moripe Stadium
15h00 – Mpumalanga Black Aces v Bidvest Wits – Mbombela Stadium
18h00 – University of Pretoria v Polokwane City – Tuks Stadium
18h00 – AmaZulu v Free State Stars – Moses Mabhida Stadium
20h15 – Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns – FNB Stadium

Sunday 06 April 2014

15h00 – Bloemfontein Celtic v Platinum Stars – Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium
15h00 – Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows – Harry Gwala Stadium

Club information

Mpumalanga Black Aces

Nickname: AmaZayoni
Formed: 1937
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (1980); National Cup titles: 1 (1993).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
94        13        21        60        65        163     -98      60

Bidvest Wits

Nickname: The Clever Boys
Formed: 1921
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 2 (1984, 1995); League Cup titles: 2 (1985, 1995); National Cup titles: 2 (1978, 2010).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts

504     166     174     164     552     536     +16     672

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