ABSA PREMIERSHIP
2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Bloemfontein Celtic v Platinum Stars
Kaizer Sebothelo
Stadium
Sunday 06 April 2014
15h00 kick-off
Match background
- Bloemfontein Celtic
will look to return to winning form in the Absa Premiership when they host
Platinum Stars at the Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium on Sunday, 06 April 2014,
kick-off at 15h00.
- Celtic extended their
unbeaten run in the league to six matches with a third successive draw: 0-0 at
home to AmaZulu.
- The Bloemfontein club
has claimed 18 points from 11 home matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are Mamelodi Sundowns, Golden Arrows (both away) and Orlando
Pirates (home).
- Phunya Sele Sele are
placed ninth on the Absa Premiership log with 33 points from 24 matches.
- Stars suffered just
their second home defeat of the season in midweek, going down 1-0 to Moroka
Swallows.
- The Rustenburg side
has claimed 14 points from their 12 away matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are Bidvest Wits (away), AmaZulu and Golden Arrows (both
home).
- Dikwena are placed sixth
on the Absa Premiership log with 35 points from 24 matches.
- In head-to-head
stats, Celtic and Stars have met in 19 league matches since 2004/05.
- Dikwena have seven
wins compared to six for Phunya Sele Sele, while six matches have been drawn.
- Celtic have won four
of their nine home matches against Stars, suffering four defeats in the
process.
- When the teams met
earlier this season they played to a goalless stalemate in Rustenburg.
- Celtic’s line-up from
their 0-0 draw with AmaZulu: Zikalala, Macala, Van Heerden, Teyise, Nyadombo,
Madondo, Arwuah (Gamildien 79’), Dlamini G, Mthiyane, Dlamini A (Manqana 86’),
Ndulula (Nguzana 75’).
- Stars’ line-up from
their 1-0 loss to Swallows: Mpontshane, Mere, Gumede, Sithole, Mpeta, Nyanda (S.
Mthembu 46’), Sarr (Msomi 68’), Mathe, Ngele, Hadebe (Makudubela 46’), Mthembu.
Previous
meetings
Last ten league
meetings
Season Result Scorers
2008/09 Celtic 2-0 Stars Spandeel, Malokase
2009/10 Stars 1-2 Celtic Ramokala; Olomu, Nthethe
2009/10 Celtic 2-5 Stars Ndlovu, Olomu; Malongoane,
Grobler 2, Sheppard, Botes
2010/11 Celtic 2-1 Stars Paulse, Venter; Ramolesa
2010/11 Stars 1-1 Celtic Grobler (pen); Kerspuy
(pen)
2011/12 Stars 2-1 Celtic Ng’ambi, Mathe; Bacela
(pen)
2011/12 Celtic 0-1 Stars Mkhabela
2012/13 Celtic 2-1 Stars Nontshinga, Bacela; Mhlongo
2012/13 Stars 2-0 Celtic Botes, Ng’ambi
2013/14 Stars 0-0 Celtic
Head-to-Head
(League
only, since 2004/05)
Home
P W D L GF GA
Celtic 9 4 1 4 11 14
Stars 10 3 5 2 12 10
Away
P W D L GF GA
Celtic 10 2 5 3 10 12
Stars 9 4 1 4 14 11
Total
P W D L GF GA
Celtic 19 6 6 7 21 26
Stars 19 7 6 6 26 21
Fixtures
and results
Bloemfontein Celtic
2013/14 Absa Premiership results
No Date H/A Opponent (HT)
Result Goal scorers
1 04/08/13 H Sundowns (0-1) L 1-3 Mogorosi
pen 90’
2 28/08/13 A Polokwane (1-1) W 3-2 Gamildien
2’, Mutuma 74’, Mogorosi 82’
3 01/09/13 H FS Stars (0-1) D 2-2 Nyatama 57’, Mutuma 71’
4 14/09/13 A U Pretoria (0-2) L 0-2
5 17/09/13 H Chiefs (0-0) D 0-0
6 25/09/13 A Aces (0-1) D 1-1 Manzine 90+4’
7 22/10/13 H Swallows (1-1) D 2-2 Manzine 43’, Mhango 90+3’
8 27/10/13 A SuperSport (1-0) D 1-1 Nyatama
40’
9 03/11/13 H Maritzburg (0-0) D 0-0
10 10/11/13 A AmaZulu (0-0)
D 1-1 Manzine 68’
11 30/11/13 A Pirates (1-0)
W 3-2 Ntanga 38’, Nthethe 66’, Nyatama
89’ pen
12 04/12/13 H Arrows (3-0) W 3-0 Mhango
4’, Nthethe 23’, Ntanga 32’
13 18/12/13 A Ajax (0-0)
L 1-2 Ntanga 63’
14 21/12/13 A Wits (0-1)
L 1-3 Mogorosi 48’
15 01/02/14 A FS Stars (1-0) W 2-0 Mhango
34’, Lamola 85’
16 09/02/14 H U Pretoria (2-0) W 2-0 Buchanan
28’, Mhango 45+2’
17 12/02/14 A P Stars (0-0)
D 0-0
18 19/02/14 A Chiefs (0-1)
L 0-3
19 02/03/14 H Aces (0-0)
W 2-0 Lamola 51’ 55’
20 09/03/14 A Swallows (0-1) D 1-1 Gabonamong
49’
21 12/03/14 H Polokwane (1-1) W 2-1 Mogorosi 21’,
Mhango 53’
22 16/03/14 H SuperSport (0-1) D 1-1 Mhango 79’
23 19/03/14 A Maritzburg (0-0) D 1-1 Mhango 77’
24 30/03/14 H AmaZulu (0-0)
D 0-0
2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
25 06/04/14 H Platinum Stars
26 09/04/14 A Mamelodi Sundowns
27 16/04/14 A Golden Arrows
28 21/04/14 H Orlando Pirates
29 27/04/14 H Ajax Cape Town
30 10/05/14 H Bidvest Wits
League
position – 9th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 11 4 6 1 15 9 +6 18
Away 13 3 6 4 15 19 -4 15
Overall 24 7 12 5 30 28 +2 33
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’
24 01/03/14 H Swallows (0-0) L 0-1
2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
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 – 6th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 12 6 3 3 14 11 +3 21
Away 12 3 5 4 12 14 -2 14
Overall 24 9 8 7 26 25 +1 35
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
Bloemfontein Celtic
Nickname: Phunya Sele Sele
Formed: 1969
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles:
1 (2005); League Cup titles: 1 (2012); National Cup titles: 1 (1985).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season
results)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
440 151 122 167 496 527 -31 575
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
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