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Thursday, April 17, 2014

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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows 6 April

ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season

MATCH PRESS KIT

FROM BACKPAGE PICS

Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows

Harry Gwala Stadium

Sunday 06 April 2014

15h00 kick-off

Match background

- KwaZulu-Natal rivals Maritzburg United and Golden Arrows will meet in an Absa Premiership derby at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Sunday, 06 April 2014, kick-off at 15h00.

- Maritzburg ended a winless streak in the league at three games when they claimed a 3-1 victory at SuperSport United in midweek.

- The KwaZulu-Natal side has claimed 15 points from 12 home matches so far this season.

- Their next three league opponents are Polokwane City, Orlando Pirates (both away), Ajax Cape Town (home).

- The Team of Choice is placed 13^th on the Absa Premiership log with 27 points from 24 matches.

- Arrows suffered a sixth successive defeat (and a 12^th loss from their last 13 league matches) when they went down 2-0 away to Kaizer Chiefs in midweek.

- The Durban side has claimed just three points from 11 away matches so far this season.

- Their next three league opponents are Ajax Cape Town (away), Bloemfontein Celtic (home) and Platinum Stars (away).

- Abafana Bes’thende are placed 16^th on the Absa Premiership log with 13 points from 23 matches.

- In head-to-head stats, Maritzburg and Arrows have met in 15 league matches since 2005/06.

- Abafana Bes’thende have nine wins compared to three for the Team of Choice, while three matches have been drawn.

- Maritzburg have won two of their seven home matches against Arrows, suffering three defeats in the process.

- When the teams met earlier this season in Durban, Abafana Bes’thende claimed a 2-1 home win thanks to goals from Khuboni and Ntuli.

- Maritzburg’s line-up from their 3-1 win over SuperSport: Vries, Cloete, M. Booysen, D. Booysen, Evans, Mkhize, Hartog, Isaacks (Awal 70’), Lentjies (Morton 57’), Jayiya, Smeekes (Mandaza 74’).

- Arrows’ line-up from their 2-0 loss to Chiefs: Bartman, Zwane, Musonda, Nene, Ntombayithethi, Shange (Bester 75’), Sikhakhane, Moholo (Khuboni 78’), Mlotshwa (Ntuli 56’), Mngwengwe, Katongo.

Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

Season Result Scorers

2008/09 Arrows 5-2 Maritzburg Kola, N. Zothwane, R. Henyekane 2, Musonda; Dhladhla, Tsabedze

2009/10 Arrows 1-1 Maritzburg R. Henyekane; Obada

2009/10 Maritzburg 1-0 Arrows Davids

2010/11 Maritzburg 0-3 Arrows Mlotshwa, Tom, Bilankulu

2010/11 Arrows 3-0 Maritzburg Mbesuma (pen), Sithole, Manqana

2011/12 Maritzburg 2-0 Arrows Obada, Lentjies

2011/12 Arrows 4-1 Maritzburg Nkosi 2, Mbesuma 2; Diouf

2012/13 Arrows 0-1 Maritzburg Evans

2012/13 Maritzburg 2-2 Arrows Smeekes, Malajila; Ntuli 2

2013/14 Arrows 2-1 Maritzburg Khuboni (pen), Ntuli; Nkosi

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2005/06)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 7 2 2 3 7 9

Arrows 8 6 1 1 19 8

Away

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 8 1 1 6 8 19

Arrows 7 3 2 2 9 7

Total

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 15 3 3 9 15 28

Arrows 15 9 3 3 28 15

Fixtures and results

Maritzburg United

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1 03/08/13 H Polokwane (0-0) W 1-0 Mohammed 68’

2 28/08/13 A FS Stars (0-1) L 0-2

3 31/08/13 H U Pretoria (0-0) D 0-0

4 14/09/13 A Chiefs (0-1) L 0-2

5 18/09/13 H Aces (2-0) W 2-0 Nkosi 4’, M. Booysen 7’

6 21/09/13 A Swallows (0-0) D 1-1 Sekotlong 69’

7 23/10/13 H SuperSport (0-0) L 0-1

8 27/10/13 A AmaZulu (0-0) W 2-0 van Heerden og 47’, Sekotlong 60’

9 03/11/13 A Celtic (0-0) D 0-0

10 08/11/13 H P Stars (0-1) L 1-2 Sarr og 58’

11 24/11/13 A Arrows (0-0) L 1-2 Nkosi 71’

12 27/11/13 H Pirates (0-1) L 0-1

13 06/12/13 A Ajax (0-2) L 1-3 Buckley 62’

14 16/12/13 H Wits (0-1) L 1-3 Sekotlong 82’

15 20/12/13 A Sundowns (1-1) D 2-2 Smeekes 35’, M. Booysen 71’

16 05/02/14 A U Pretoria (0-1) W 3-2 Lentjies 82’ pen, M. Booysen 85’, Jayiya 90+4’

17 11/02/14 H Chiefs (2-1) D 2-2 De Jongh 2’, Jayiya 35’ pen

18 16/02/14 A Aces (1-2) L 1-2 Smeekes 12’

19 28/02/14 H Swallows (1-0) W 1-0 Sekotlong 4’

20 11/03/14 H FS Stars (2-0) W 3-2 Evans 6’ 21’, Jayiya 71’

21 14/03/14 H AmaZulu (1-0) L 1-3 Lentjies 45’ pen

22 19/03/14 H Celtic (0-0) D 1-1 Sekotlong 47’

23 29/03/14 A P Stars (0-0) L 1-2 Mandaza 65’

24 02/04/14 A SuperSport (2-1) W 3-1 Isaacks 22’, D. Booysen 27’, Mandaza 84’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date H/A Opponent

25 06/04/14 H Golden Arrows

26 09/04/14 A Polokwane City

27 15/04/14 A Orlando Pirates

28 18/04/14 H Ajax Cape Town

29 26/04/14 A Bidvest Wits

30 10/05/14 H Mamelodi Sundowns

League position – 13th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 12 4 3 5 13 15 -2 15

Away 12 3 3 6 15 19 -4 12

Overall 24 7 6 11 28 34 -6 27

Golden Arrows

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1 03/08/13 H Ajax (0-0) D 1-1 Wadwaba 48’

2 28/08/13 A Wits (0-1) L 0-1

3 31/08/13 H Sundowns (0-0) L 0-1

4 15/09/13 A Polokwane (0-0) W 2-1 Shange 62’, Khuboni 70’ pen

5 18/09/13 H FS Stars (0-1) L 0-1

6 22/09/13 A U Pretoria (0-1) L 0-2

7 26/10/13 A Aces (0-1) L 0-1

8 06/11/13 H Swallows (2-0) W 2-1 Khuboni 13’ pen, Ntuli 19’

9 09/11/13 A SuperSport (1-1) L 1-3 Shange 20’

10 24/11/13 H Maritzburg (0-0) W 2-1 Khuboni 63’ pen, Ntuli 66’

11 30/11/13 H P Stars (1-0) L 1-2 Nene 36’

12 04/12/13 A Celtic (0-3) L 0-3

13 16/12/13 H AmaZulu (0-3) L 0-3

14 19/12/13 H Chiefs (0-0) L 0-1

15 22/12/13 A Pirates (1-2) L 1-3 Sithole 15’

16 05/02/14 A Sundowns (0-1) L 0-2

17 08/02/14 H Polokwane (2-2) W 3-2 Khuboni 32’ pen 42’ pen, Bester 90+3’

18 15/02/14 A FS Stars (0-1) L 1-2 Ntuli 84’

19 01/03/14 H U Pretoria (1-1) L 2-4 Ntuli 30’, Khuboni 78’ pen

20 12/03/14 H Aces (0-1) L 1-2 Bester 62’

21 18/03/14 A Swallows (0-0) L 0-1

22 29/03/14 H Wits (0-1) L 0-1

23 02/04/14 A Chiefs (0-0) L 0-2

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date H/A Opponent

- N/A H SuperSport United – Postponed

25 06/04/14 A Maritzburg United

26 09/04/14 A Ajax Cape Town

27 16/04/14 H Bloemfontein Celtic

28 19/04/14 A Platinum Stars

29 28/04/14 A AmaZulu

30 10/05/14 H Orlando Pirates

League position – 16th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 12 3 1 8 12 20 -8 10

Away 11 1 0 10 5 21 -16 3

Overall 23 4 1 18 17 41 -24 13

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

Maritzburg United

Nickname: The Team of Choice

Formed: 1979

Major honours: None

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

312 77 99 136 287 457 -170 330

Golden Arrows

Nickname: Abafana Bes’thende

Formed: 1943

Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (2009)

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

398 127 118 153 446 474 -28 499

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Bloemfontein Celtic v Platinum Stars 6 April

ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season

MATCH PRESS KIT

FROM BACKPAGE PICS

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