Head-to-head: Kaizer Chefs v Royal AM

The meeting between Kaizer Chiefs and Royal AM on Saturday will be the fifth league meetbetween the teams.

In this fixture, Royal AM has an upper hand over Amakhosi, Royal AM has three wins, while Chiefs has one win and one was played out to a draw.

In their first season in top flight competition, after joining the DStv Premiership in the 2021-22 season. Royal AM registered a league double over Chiefs.

In their first clashes in the 2021-22 season Royal AM won 4-1 first up against Chiefs at FNB Stadium and 1-0 at home in the return game.

Royal AM’s 4-1 win over Chiefs in 2021-22 remains the biggest winning margin by any team in this fixture.

Victor Letsoalo is the player with the most goals scored in this fixture with 3. All of his goals came in 2021-22 he scored a brace in Royal AM’s 4-1 away win and a single goal in the return home win.

Last season the home team were the winners when the sides clashed.

In their first league meeting in the 2022-23 campaign, Royal AM won 1-0 at home and Chiefs were victorious in the return fixture at home, winning 2-0 for their first clean-sheet in a league game against Royal AM.

Sifiso Hlanti and Ashley Du Preez were the two goal scorers in Chiefs’ home win over Royal AM.

Kaizer Chiefs has only won once at home this season, winning their last home league game 3-0 against AmaZulu while Royal AM has only won once away from home this season which was 3-2 win in their game against Chippa United. .

Both Chiefs and Royal AM have lost two games this season.

So far this season Royal AM (7) has scored goals one more goal than Chiefs (6).

This season Royal AM (1444) has more successful passes than Kaizer Chiefs (1348).

Kaizer Chiefs (46) has completed more dribbles than Royal AM (39).

Both Kaizer Chiefs and Royal AM have recorded the least amount of fouls conceded this season as both sit on 52.

Kaizer Chiefs has won 60 fouls this season which is one more than Royal AM who has won 59.

Kaizer Chiefs has picked up 3 clean sheets, one more than royal AM with 2.

This season so far Royal AM and Kaizer Chiefs have scored only one goal outside of the box while Royal AM has scored 6 inside of the box and Chiefs 5.

This fixture is yet to produce a draw or a goalless game, there have been 9 goals in the four league games between the sides with Royal AM scoring six and Chiefs three.

Amakhosi have the second least number of shots on target this season (12).

Chiefs has the fourth most tackles won (69) in the league so far this season.

In their 6th league game last season Chiefs played to a 0-0 draw against AmaZulu.

This season Chiefs are on 7 points and should they win against Royal AM they would have picked up 3 more points compared to last season at this stage.

Victory takes Chiefs to 10 points last season they needed 9 games to reach double figures.

Victory for Chiefs will see them win three successive league games for the first time since March and April when they defeated Pirates at home and Richards Bay away both 1-0 and then won 3-2 against Maritzburg United away.

Victory for Chiefs will see them win back to back home games for the first time since winning their first two home games of last season against Maritzburg United a 3-0 triumph and Richards Bay a 1-0 win.

In the 2023/24 season Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Brandon Petersen has made the most saves with a total of 25 saves.

Kaizer Chiefs Sifiso Hlanti has the most goals against Royal AM for Kaizer Chiefs with two and should he score he will level Victor Letsoalo with three goals as the player with the most goals in this fixture.

Kaizer Chiefs (68) is the team with the third least number of touches in the opposition box this season but their opponents Royal AM recorded the second least amount with 61.

Goalkeeper Brandon Petersen has made 65 recoveries, the best in the league this season ahead of TS Galaxy’s Vasilije Kolak.

Chiefs have already won against Kwa-Zulu Natal opponents this season defeating AmaZulu in their last game at home 3-0.

Chiefs will be looking for their first league win against Royal AM at the FNB Stadium their previous clash against them at the venue ended in a 4-1 loss in the 2021-22 season.