Chiefs face crucial few days in May

There will be a big few days in May that will have a huge bearing on Kaizer Chiefs’ season as they face potentially losing out on as many as nine points in the DStv Premiership table.

Premier Soccer League prosecutor Zola Majavu confirmed that the league’s appeal of the arbiter award in favour of Chiefs, which said their two matches from December against Lamontville Golden Arrows and Cape Town City, should be played, is set down for the High Court on May 10.

The league wants Chiefs to forfeit the points from those games, which were not played due to a Covid-19 outbreak at Naturena, but they are scheduled to be played this week – versus Arrows on Wednesday and City on Saturday.

Even if Chiefs win both, they could yet be stripped of the points by the courts if the PSL are successful in their action.

Majavu has also confirmed that the Soweto club will appear before a PSL Disciplinary Committee on May 13 after being charged with fielding ineligible players in their 2-0 victory over Sekhukhune United on December 12.

According to the league, Aden McCarthy and Mduduzi Shabalala were registered for the DStv Diski Challenge and not the DStv Premiership when they featured in the game.

Chiefs face losing those points too, with Majavu stressing that the matter must be finalised on the day of the hearing.

The league are anxious of both matters spilling over beyond the scheduled end of the season, which is scheduled for May 21.

Though they will have no bearing on the title race or relegation, it will potentially affect the race for Caf qualification spots and the top eight.