ABSA PREMIERSHIP
2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows
Royal Bafokeng
Stadium
Tuesday 01 April 2014
18h30 kick-off
Match background
- Platinum Stars will
chase a second successive win in the Absa Premiership when they host Moroka
Swallows at Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Tuesday, 01 April 2014, kick-off at
18h30.
- Stars claimed just a
second win from their last seven league matches when they beat Maritzburg
United 2-1 at home on Saturday.
- The Rustenburg side
has claimed 21 points from 11 home matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are Bloemfontein Celtic, Bidvest Wits (both away) and AmaZulu
(home).
- Dikwena are placed fifth
on the Absa Premiership log with 35 points from 23 matches.
- Swallows have won
just one of their last 10 league matches and suffered a 1-0 away defeat to
Orlando Pirates on Saturday.
- The Soweto side has
claimed nine points from their 11 away matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are Ajax Cape Town (home), University of Pretoria and Bidvest
Wits (both away).
- The Birds are placed
12th on the Absa Premiership log with 27 points from 23 matches.
- In head-to-head
stats, Stars and Swallows have met in 21 league matches since 2003/04.
- The Birds have 13
wins compared to five for Dikwena, while just three matches have been drawn.
- Stars have won five
of their 10 home matches against Swallows, suffering four defeats in the
process.
- When the teams met
earlier this season, the Birds claimed a 2-0 home win thanks to goals from
Nomvethe and Chabangu.
-
Stars’
line-up from their 2-1 win over Maritzburg: Mpontshane, Mpeta,
Sithole, Nyanda (Ngwepe 90’), Mathe, Gumede, Semenya, Sarr, Ng'ambi, Hadebe
(Makudubela 70’), S Mthembu.
- Swallows’ line-up from their 1-0 loss to Pirates: Etafia, Mapemba,
Isaacs, Cohen, Mokgothu, Mbekile, Tsutsulupa, Mabalane (Wana 70’), Chabangu,
Nomvethe (Bereng 83’), Obada.
Previous
meetings
Last ten league
meetings
Season Result Scorers
2008/09 Stars 2-1 Swallows Renteria, Grobler; Haschick
2009/10 Stars 0-1 Swallows Haschick
2009/10 Swallows 1-0 Stars Nomvethe
2010/11 Stars 2-0 Swallows Grobler 2
2010/11 Swallows 1-0 Stars Ritson
2011/12 Stars 0-0 Swallows
2011/12 Swallows 2-1 Stars Nomvethe 2 (1 pen); Botes (pen)
2012/13 Stars 3-1 Swallows Ng’ambi, S. Mthembu, Mhlongo;
Chabangu
2012/13 Swallows 2-0 Stars Chenene, Mashego
2013/14 Swallows 2-0 Stars Nomvethe, Chabangu
Head-to-Head
(League
only, since 2003/04)
Home
P W D L GF GA
Stars 10 5 1 4 9 6
Swallows 11 9 2 0 19 5
Away
P W D L GF GA
Stars 11 0 2 9 5 19
Swallows 10 4 1 5 6 9
Total
P W D L GF GA
Stars 21 5 3 13 14 25
Swallows 21 13 3 5 25 14
Fixtures
and results
Platinum Stars
2013/14 Absa Premiership results
No Date H/A Opponent (HT)
Result Goal scorers
1 04/08/13 H Wits (0-0) D 0-0
2 28/08/13 A Sundowns (0-0) D 1-1 Ng’ambi
80’
3 31/08/13 H Polokwane (1-0) W 2-1 S.
Mthembu 44’, Ng’ambi 54’
4 14/09/13 A FS Stars (0-0) D 0-0
5 18/09/13 H U Pretoria (1-0) W 1-0 S. Mthembu
6 21/09/13 A Chiefs (1-1) L 1-2 Tshabalala 45’
7 22/10/13 H Aces (1-0) D 2-2 Ngele 2’, Botes 68’
8 25/10/13 A Swallows (0-0) L 0-2
9 03/11/13 H SuperSport (1-0) W 3-0 Botes
35’, Ngele 50’ 65’
10 08/11/13 A Maritzburg (1-0) W 2-1 Botes 16’,
Tshabalala 90’
11 27/11/13 A AmaZulu (0-1)
L 0-2
12 30/11/13 A Arrows (0-1)
W 2-1 Mathe 48’, Ng’ambi 56’
13 16/12/13 H Pirates (0-3)
L 0-3
14 21/12/13 A Ajax (2-0)
W 2-0 Mathe 24’, Ng’ambi 30’
15 04/02/14 A Polokwane (1-2) D 2-2 Ng’ambi 42’,
Tshabalala 85’
16 09/02/14 H FS Stars (0-0) W 1-0 Ngele
90+3’
17 12/02/14 H Celtic (0-0)
D 0-0
18 16/02/14 A U Pretoria (0-1) L 0-1
19 07/03/14 A Aces (1-1)
D 1-1 Nato og 41’
20 12/03/14 H Chiefs (1-0)
W 2-0 S. Mthembu 9’, Ng’ambi 59’
21 19/03/14 A SuperSport (1-0) D 1-1 S. Mthembu
33’
22 25/03/14 H Sundowns (0-1) L 1-3 Ng’ambi 81’
23 29/03/14 H Maritzburg (0-0) W 2-1 Nyanda 55’,
Makudubela 78’
2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
24 01/04/14 H Moroka Swallows
25 06/04/14 A Bloemfontein Celtic
26 09/04/14 A Bidvest Wits
27 16/04/14 H AmaZulu
28 19/04/14 H Golden Arrows
29 26/04/14 A Orlando Pirates
30 10/05/14 H Ajax Cape Town
League
position – 5th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 11 6 3 2 14 10 +4 21
Away 12 3 5 4 12 14 -2 14
Overall 23 9 8 6 26 24 +2 35
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
2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
24 01/04/14 A Platinum Stars
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 – 12th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 12 5 3 4 12 11 +1 18
Away 11 2 3 6 14 19 -5 9
Overall 23 7 6 10 26 30 -4 27
League standings
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kaizer Chiefs 22 15 4 3 34 14 +20 49
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 22 11 4 7 24 16 +8 37
5 Platinum Stars 23 9 8 6 26 24 +2 35
6 AmaZulu 25 9 8 8 24 30 -6 35
7 SuperSport United 22 9 7 6 30 24 +6 34
8 Mpumalanga Black Aces 23 9 7 7 27 25 +2 34
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 24 7 12 5 30 28 +2 33
10 University of Pretoria 24 8 4 12 21 23 -2 28
11 Ajax Cape Town 24 7 7 10 21 27 -6 28
12 Moroka Swallows 23 7 6 10 26 30 -4 27
13 Maritzburg United 23 6 6 11 25 33 -8 24
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 22 4 1 17 17 39 -22 13
Round
fixtures
Tuesday 01 April 2014
18h30
– Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows – Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Wednesday 02 April
2014
19h30
– Kaizer Chiefs v Golden Arrows – FNB Stadium
19h30
– Orlando Pirates v Mpumalanga Black Aces – Orlando Stadium
19h30
– SuperSport United v Maritzburg United – Lucas Moripe Stadium
Club
information
Platinum Stars
Nickname: Dikwena
Formed: 1998
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (2013); League
Cup titles: 2 (2006, 2013).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season
results)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
300 102 92 106 342 334 +8 398
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
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