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Moroka
Swallows v Ajax Cape Town
Dobsonville
Stadium
Friday
04 April 2014
20h00
kick-off
Match background
- Moroka Swallows
will look to extend Ajax Cape Town’s winless streak in the Absa Premiership
when the teams meet at Dobsonville Stadium on Friday, 04 April 2014, kick-off
at 20h00.
- Swallows have won
two of their last three league matches, with their last outing a 1-0 away win
over Platinum Stars in midweek.
- The Soweto side has
claimed 18 points from their 12 home matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are University of Pretoria, Bidvest Wits (both away) and
Mamelodi Sundowns (home).
- The Birds are
placed 10th on the Absa Premiership log with 30 points from 24 matches.
- Ajax have gone four
league matches without a win and suffered a second successive defeat when they
lost 2-0 at home to Black Aces on Friday night.
- The Cape Town side
has claimed seven points from their 11 away matches so far this season.
- Their next three
league opponents are Golden Arrows, SuperSport United (both home) and
Maritzburg United (away).
- The Urban Warriors
are placed 12th on the Absa Premiership log with 28 points from 24 matches.
- In head-to-head
stats, Swallows and Ajax have met in 29 league matches since 1999/2000.
- The Birds have 13
wins compared to 11 for the Urban Warriors, while just five matches have been
drawn.
- Swallows have won
nine of their 14 home matches against Ajax, suffering three defeats in the
process.
- When the teams met
earlier this season in Cape Town, the Birds claimed a 3-1 away win thanks to
goals from Manqele, Nomvethe and Chabangu.
- Swallows’ line-up
from their 1-0 win over Stars: Etafia, Mapemba, Hendricks, Mokgothu (Nergadze
88’), Bereng (Chabangu 56’), Cohen, Mbekile, Tsutsulupa, Mabalane, Nomvethe
(Wana 82’), Obada.
- Ajax’s line-up from
their 2-0 loss to Aces: Jaakkola, Lolo, Isaacs, Hlatshwayo, Jenniker, Mzwakali
(Alexander 72’), Mobara (Losper 55’), Scott, Dolly, Morris, Rodgers (Sithole
55’).
Previous meetings
Last ten league meetings
Season Result Scorers
2008/09 Ajax 0-1
Swallows Haschick
2009/10 Ajax 2-0
Swallows Selolwane
(pen), Gilbert (og)
2009/10 Swallows
2-1 Ajax Nomvethe,
Leonard; Davids
2010/11 Swallows
2-3 Ajax Nergadze,
Haschick; Fanteni 2 (1 pen), Serero
2010/11 Ajax 2-0
Swallows Carelse,
Doutie
2011/12 Swallows
3-2 Ajax Nomvethe
2 (1 pen), Nergadze; Billiat, Carelse (pen)
2011/12 Ajax 2-2
Swallows Carelse,
Manyama; Nomvethe 2
2012/13 Swallows
3-1 Ajax Mashego,
Nomvethe 2; Manyama
2012/13 Ajax 1-1
Swallows Lebusa;
Nomvethe
2013/14 Ajax 1-3
Swallows Dolly;
Manqele, Nomvethe, Chabangu
Head-to-Head
(League only, since 1999/2000)
Home
P W D L GF GA
Swallows 14 9 2 3 28 19
Ajax 15 8 3 4 23 16
Away
P W D L GF GA
Swallows 15 4 3 8 16 23
Ajax 14 3 2 9 19 28
Total
P W D L GF GA
Swallows 29 13 5 11 44 42
Ajax 29 11 5 13 42 44
Fixtures and results
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
24 02/04/14 A P
Stars (0-0) W 1-0 Obada 55’
2013/14 Absa Premiership
fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
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 – 10th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 12 5 3 4 12 11 +1 18
Away 12 3 3 6 15 19 -4 12
Overall 24 8 6 10 27 30 -3 30
Ajax Cape Town
2013/14 Absa Premiership results
No Date H/A Opponent (HT)
Result Goal scorers
1 03/08/13 A Arrows (0-0) D 1-1 Manyama
70’
2 01/09/13 H AmaZulu (0-1) L 1-2 Paulse 89’
3 13/09/13 A Wits (0-0) L 0-1
4 17/09/13 H Sundowns (0-0) D 2-2 Dolly 56’, Manyama 67’ pen
5 22/09/13 A Polokwane (0-1) L 0-2
6 23/10/13 H FS
Stars (1-0) W 1-0 Telinho 14’
7 26/10/13 A U
Pretoria (0-0) D 0-0
8 05/11/13 H Chiefs (0-0) W 1-0 Morris 87’
9 09/11/13 A Aces (0-0) D 0-0
10 22/11/13 H Swallows (0-1) L 1-3 Dolly 72’
11 26/11/13 A SuperSport (1-0) W 2-1 Rodgers 38’, Jenniker 84’
12 06/12/13 H Maritzburg (2-0) W 3-1 Rodgers 2’, Manyama 13’ 61’
13 18/12/13 H Celtic (0-0) W 2-1 Paulse 69’, Jenniker 89’
14 21/12/13 H P
Stars (0-2) L 0-2
15 27/01/14 A Pirates (0-1) L 1-2 Scott
71’
16 04/02/14 A AmaZulu (0-0) L 0-1
17 07/02/14 H Wits (1-0) W 1-0 Lark 5’
18 15/02/14 A Sundowns (1-2) L 2-3 Paulse 44’ pen, Davids 90+1’ pen
19 18/02/14 H Pirates (0-0) D 0-0
20 28/02/14 H Polokwane (1-0) W 2-0 Dolly 6’, Paulse 55’
21 08/03/14 A FS
Stars (0-1) D 1-1 Morris 62’
22 16/03/14 H U
Pretoria (0-0) D 0-0
23 19/03/14 A Chiefs (0-0) L 0-2
24 28/03/14 H Aces (0-1) L 0-2
2013/14 Absa Premiership
fixtures
No Date H/A Opponent
25 04/04/14 A Moroka
Swallows
26 09/04/14 H Golden
Arrows
27 15/04/14 H SuperSport
United
28 18/04/14 A Maritzburg
United
29 27/04/14 A Bloemfontein
Celtic
30 10/05/14 A Platinum
Stars
League position – 12th
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Home 13 6 3 4 14 13 +1 21
Away 11 1 4 6 6 13 -7 7
Overall 24 7 7 10 20 26 -6 28
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
Club information
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
Ajax Cape Town
Nickname: The Urban Warriors
Formed: 1999
Major honours: League Cup titles: 2 (2000, 2008); National Cup titles:
1 (2007).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
432 168 114 150 530 524 +6 618
