Friday, April 4, 2014

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns 5 April



ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns

FNB Stadium
Saturday 05 April 2014
20h15 kick-off


Match background   

-       Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns will meet for a top-of-the-table Absa Premiership clash at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, 05 April 2014, kick-off at 20h15.

-       Chiefs recorded a third successive league win with a 2-0 victory at home to Golden Arrows in midweek.

-       The Soweto side is unbeaten at home, with nine wins and two draws from 11 matches as hosts.

-       Their next three league opponents are Mpumalanga Black Aces (home), Polokwane City (away) and Free State Stars (home).

-       The Amakhosi are placed first on the Absa Premiership log with 52 points from 23 matches.

-       Sundowns racked up a fifth successive league win when they defeated University of Pretoria 2-1 at home.

-       The Tshwane side has claimed 23 points from their 12 away matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Bloemfontein Celtic, Mpumalanga Black Aces (both home) and Moroka Swallows (away).

-       The Brazilians are placed second on the Absa Premiership log with 49 points from 24 matches.

-       In head-to-head stats, Chiefs and Sundowns have met in 57 league matches since 1985.

-       The Amakhosi have 24 wins compared to 17 for the Brazilians, while 16 matches have been drawn.

-       Chiefs have won 16 of their 28 home matches against ‘Downs, suffering four defeats in the process.

-       When the teams met earlier this season in Tshwane, the Amakhosi claimed a 1-0 away win thanks to an own goal from Arendse.

-       Chiefs’ line-up from their 2-0 win over Arrows: Khuzwayo, Gaxa, Mathoho, Mashamaite, Masilela, Maluleka, Katsande, Nkosi (Lebese 46’), Tshabalala, Parker (Mphela 78’), Nkhatha (Rusike 85’).

-       Sundowns’ line-up from their 2-1 win over Tuks: Mweene, Mashaba, Schut, Nthethe, Mphahlele, Kekana, Modise, Wome (Zungu 58’), Mokoena, Moriri (Sumaila 75’), Laffor (Malajila 90’).
                                                                                                                       
Previous meetings   

Last ten league meetings

Season          Result                                                Scorers

2008/09          Chiefs 1-0 Sundowns         Nale
2009/10          Sundowns 2-2 Chiefs         Mphela 2 (1 pen); Musona, Tshabalala
2009/10          Chiefs 1-2 Sundowns         Dladla (pen); Mphela, Xulu
2010/11          Chiefs 1-0 Sundowns         Motaung Jr
2010/11          Sundowns 2-0 Chiefs         Mushekwi, Pelembe
2011/12          Sundowns 0-1 Chiefs         Sweswe
2011/12          Chiefs 2-0 Sundowns         Ngcobo, Tshabalala
2012/13          Chiefs 2-1 Sundowns         Nkosi, Nkhatha; Daniels
2012/13          Sundowns 0-0 Chiefs
2013/14          Sundowns 0-1 Chiefs         Arendse (og)

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

Home                                    
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Chiefs                        28        16        8          4          44        19
Sundowns    29        13        8          8          31        23

Away
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Chiefs                        29        8          8          13        23        31
Sundowns    28        4          8          16        19        44

Total 
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Chiefs                        57        24        16        17        67        50
Sundowns    57        17        16        24        50        67

Fixtures and results

Kaizer Chiefs

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          02/08/13         A         Aces               (1-0) W 1-0    Parker 5’
2          27/08/13         H         Swallows       (0-0) D 1-1     Parker 60’ pen
3          31/08/13         A         SuperSport    (1-0) L 1-3      Parker 29’ pen
4          14/09/13         H         Maritzburg     (1-0) W 2-0    Musona 37’, Lebese 75’
5          17/09/13         A         Celtic              (0-0) D 0-0
6          21/09/13         H         P Stars           (1-1) W 2-1    Parker 21’, Musona 68’
7          26/10/13         H         Pirates            (1-1) D 1-1     Nkhatha 41’
8          05/11/13         A         Ajax                (0-0) L 0-1
9          09/11/13         H         Wits                (0-0) W 2-1    Nkhatha 48’, Majoro 84’
10        27/11/13         H         Polokwane    (3-0) W 4-1    Mathoho 4’, Nkhatha 26’, Parker 32’ 60’
11        30/11/13         A         FS Stars         (1-0) W 2-0    Nkosi 41’, Tshabalala 90+1’
12        16/12/13         H         U Pretoria      (1-0) W 1-0    Musona 6’
13        19/12/13         A         Arrows            (0-0) W 1-0    Parker 48’ pen
14        22/12/13         A         AmaZulu       (0-0) W 4-1    Nkosi 55’ 86’, Musona 61’, Parker 80’
15        23/01/14         A         Sundowns    (1-0) W 1-0    Arendse og 10’
16        31/01/14         A         Swallows       (1-0) W 2-0    Nkhatha 4’, Musona 72’
17        05/02/14         H         SuperSport    (1-0) W 1-0    Parker 16’
18        11/02/14         A         Maritzburg     (1-2) D 2-2     Nkhatha 6’, Mashamaite 80’
19        19/02/14         H         Celtic              (1-0) W 3-0    Parker 43’, Musona 71’, Buchanan og 89’
20        12/03/14         A         P Stars           (0-1) L 0-2
21        15/03/14         A         Pirates            (0-0) W 1-0    Katsande 61’
22        19/03/14         H         Ajax                (0-0) W 2-0    Musona 85’ 90’
23        02/04/14         H         Arrows            (0-0) W 2-0    Mathoho 53’, Nkhatha 69’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

24        05/04/14         H         Mamelodi Sundowns
25        09/04/14         H         Mpumalanga Black Aces
26        16/04/14         A         Polokwane City
27        19/04/14         H         Free State Stars
28        23/04/14         A         Bidvest Wits
29        26/04/14         A         University of Pretoria
30        10/05/14         H         AmaZulu

League position – 1st

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             11        9          2          0          21        5          +16     29
Away              12        7          2          3          15        9          +6        23
Overall           23        16        4          3          36        14        +22     52

Mamelodi Sundowns

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          04/08/13         A         Celtic              (1-0) W 3-1    Kekana 23’, Malajila 62’, Modise pen 72’
2          28/08/13         H         P Stars           (0-0) D 1-1     Wome 58’
3          31/08/13         A         Arrows            (0-0) W 1-0    Wome 57’
4          17/09/13         A         Ajax                (0-0) D 2-2     Zungu 52’, Malajila 82’
5          21/09/13         H         Wits                (1-1) W 2-1    Schut 14’, Billiat 58’
6          22/10/13         H         AmaZulu       (4-0) W 7-1    Kekana 2’ Malajila 21’ Mashego 22’ 80’ Wome 44’
Mphela 86’ 90+2’
7          26/10/13         A         Polokwane    (0-1) L 0-1
8          06/11/13         H         FS Stars         (1-0) W 2-1    Malajila 27’, Moriri 86’
9          09/11/13         A         U Pretoria      (2-1) W 3-1    Malajila 3’, Billiat 29’, Ramagalela 90+3’
10        01/12/13         H         Swallows       (1-0) W 2-1    Mashego 43’ 60’
11        04/12/13         A         Aces               (0-1) L 0-1
12        16/12/13         A         SuperSport    (0-1) D 1-1     Mashego 48’
13        20/12/13         H         Maritzburg     (1-1) D 2-2     Mashego 10’, Billiat 90+2’
14        23/01/14         H         Chiefs                        (0-1) L 0-1
15        05/02/14         H         Arrows            (1-0) W 2-0    Billiat 10’, Laffor 52’
16        08/02/14         A         Pirates            (0-0) W 1-0    Kekana 63’
17        15/02/14         H         Ajax                (2-1) W 3-2    Nthethe 27’, Mashego 32’ pen, Laffor 76’
18        25/02/14         H         Pirates            (0-1) L 0-1
19        01/03/14         A         Wits                (1-1) L 1-3      Wome 5’
20        09/03/14         A         AmaZulu       (1-0) W 2-0    Moriri 9’, Modise 76’
21        15/03/14         H         Polokwane    (1-0) W 1-0    Modise 17’
22        18/03/14         A         FS Stars         (2-0) W 2-1    Laffor 15’, Wome 41’
23        25/03/14         A         P Stars           (1-0) W 3-1    Moriri 21’, Laffor 49’, Mokoena 78’
24        30/03/14         H         U Pretoria      (1-0) W 2-1    Laffor 45+1’, Mokoena 66’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

25        05/04/14         A         Kaizer Chiefs
26        09/04/14         H         Bloemfontein Celtic
27        16/04/14         H         Mpumalanga Black Aces
28        19/04/14         A         Moroka Swallows
29        26/04/14         H         SuperSport United
30        10/05/14         A         Maritzburg United

League position – 2nd

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             12        8          2          2          24        12        +12     26
Away              12        7          2          3          19        12        +7        23
Overall           24        15        4          5          43        24        +19     49

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

Kaizer Chiefs

Nickname: The Amakhosi
Formed: 1970
Major honours: League titles: 11 (1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2013); Top Eight Cup titles: 14 (1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2006, 2008); League Cup titles: 13 (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2010*); National Cup titles: 13 (1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1992, 2000, 2006, 2013); Other cup/half-league titles: 12 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996); 2001 African Cup Winners Cup. [*2010/11 season]      
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
534     259     173     102     753     437     +316   950

Mamelodi Sundowns

Nickname: The Brazilians
Formed: 1970
Major honours: League titles: 8 (1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007); Top Eight Cup titles: 3 (1988, 1990, 2007); League Cup titles: 2 (1990, 1999); National Cup titles: 3 (1986, 1998, 2008); Other cup titles: 1 (1988).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts

534     260     144     130     771     470     +301   924

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