Stellenbosch put on a five-star show against Polokwane City, while top-two rivals Orlando Pirates hit Royal AM for four in this weekend's DStv Premiership action.
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Iqraam Rayners played a starring role for Stellenbosch as they thrashed Polokwane City 5-0 at the Danie Craven Stadium on Saturday to remain in second place.
Rayners (17', 65', 75', 79', 82') scored all five goals for the Maroons, who extended their unbeaten run in the league to an impressive 17 matches, leaving Rise And Shine (12th) without a win in their last five games.
⚽️ 17' – Iqraam Rayners
— Stellenbosch FC (@StellenboschFC) April 28, 2024
⚽️ 65' – Iqraam Rayners
⚽️ 75' – Iqraam Rayners
⚽️ 79' – Iqraam Rayners
⚽️ 82' – Iqraam Rayners
You've never seen anything quite like it 🤩 pic.twitter.com/f7BsphDerl
Orlando Pirates stayed within touching distance of Stellies after cruising to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Royal AM at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Saturday.
Patrick Maswanganyi opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 29th minute and the Buccaneers wrapped up a third straight win courtesy of second-half goals from Thalente Mbatha (56'), Relebohile Mofokeng (74') and Kabelo Dlamini (84').
☠️ FT || @RAMFC_sa 0 - 4 @orlandopirates
— Orlando Pirates (@orlandopirates) April 28, 2024
🥅 29' (P) Maswanganyi
🥅 56' Mbatha
🥅 74' Mofokeng
🥅 82' Dlamini
🎙 Man of the Match & Goalscorer | Patrick Maswanganyi
⚫⚪🔴⭐#Matchday #DStvPrem #OrlandoPirates #OnceAlways pic.twitter.com/QrohQXkaTT
TS Galaxy continued their late push for continental football with a 2-1 win over Moroka Swallows at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium on Friday.
Goals in each half from Sphiwe Mahlangu (35') and Samir Nurkovic (60') took the Rockets up to fifth position, six points behind Pirates with two games in hand, although the Dube Birds pulled one back through Gabadinho Mhango (80' PEN) to set up a tense finish in Pretoria.
Samir Nurkovic does it again! 🚀🔥⚽ @aQuelle @aQuelleViV#Siyadumuza#TheRockets#TSG pic.twitter.com/rSKKJeIeue
— TS Galaxy FC (@TSGALAXYFC) April 27, 2024
Meanwhile, Kaizer Chiefs arrested a worrying five-game winless run after beating SuperSport United 2-1 at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday.
Amakhosi led through Christian Saile (19') early on, but Terrence Dzvukamanja (53') hit back for Matsatsantsa from the penalty spot shortly after the restart, only for Mduduzi Shabalala to secure all three points for the hosts 14 minutes from time.
90 + 4’| #CHI 2 : 1 #SSU
— Kaizer Chiefs (@KaizerChiefs) April 27, 2024
Full time score: (Saile 19’, Shabalala 76’) Kaizer Chiefs 2 : 1 SuperSport United (Dzvukamanja . pen 53’)
DStv Man of the Match: Christian Saile#Amakhosi4Life #DStvPrem #Khosified pic.twitter.com/nDhnkuCBim
The Glamour Boys climbed back into the top eight, one point ahead of the Chilli Boys and Swallows, as Gavin Hunt's side were pushed down to seventh spot after suffering their third defeat in four matches.
Elsewhere around the country, Cape Town Spurs (16th) edged Richards Bay (15th) 1-0 in a relegation six-pointer at the Athlone Stadium, AmaZulu ran out 2-1 victors against Chippa United at the Moses Mabhida Stadium and Cape Town City's winless start to the year continued with a 1-1 draw against Golden Arrows at the Cape Town Stadium.
DSTV PREMIERSHIP MATCHDAY 25 RESULTS:
Friday, April 26
Cape Town Spurs 1-0 Richards Bay
TS Galaxy 2-1 Moroka Swallows
Saturday, April 27
AmaZulu 2-1 Chippa United
Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 SuperSport United
Stellenbosch 5-0 Polokwane City
Sunday, April 28
Royal AM 0-4 Orlando Pirates
Cape Town City 1-1 Golden Arrows