Richards Bay snatched a 1-0 victory over relegation-threatened Cape Town City in the Betway Premiership match played at the King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium on Friday night.
The victory elevated the Natal Rich Boys to the 11th spot in the league standings.
Goal + Man of the Match đŸ‘‰ Thulani Gumede #PhakweGas #NatalRichBoyZ pic.twitter.com/y3LVbhTz8J
— Richards Bay FC (@RichardsBayFC_) April 18, 2025
The KwaZulu-Natal side will be hoping to make it two wins in a row when they face Mamelodi Sundowns in Tshwane on 26 April.
The Citizens, on the other hand, remained 14th in the standings after registering their 14th league defeat of the season.
The Mother City side will be desperate for a victory when they host champions Sundowns on 4 May.
The Natal Rich Boys looked most likely to score from the first whistle, with Thulani Gumede being the hosts' livewire.
The 23-year-old was making promising runs from wide areas, which unsettled the Citizens' defence.
Richards Bay had a decent opportunity to break the deadlock in the 44th minute after Gumede had set up Ntlonelo Bomelo, whose low shot was well-saved by goalkeeper Darren Keet and the score was 0-0 at the interval.
The Citizens came back as an improved side after the restart, and they were finally able to seriously test keeper Ian Otieno in the 73rd minute.
Jaedin Rhodes unleashed an attempt which was well saved by the Kenya international.
However, eventual Man of the Match Gumede made no mistake at the other end in the 79th minute.
Substitute Wandile Ngema set up Gumede, who made no mistake as the winger fired past Keet to seal Richards Bay's 1-0 victory over City.
Richards Bay 1 (Gumede 79')
City 0
RICHARDS BAY: Otieno, Allan, Ndaba (Zulu 25'), Mabua, Mcineka, Mthethwa, Gumede, Zikhali, Mbuthuma, Bomelo (Macuphu 71'), Ntsundwana (Ngema 62')
CAPE TOWN CITY: Keet, Mkhize, Gordinho, Idumba, Nyama (Mokotjo 65'), Petrus, Makaringe (Nodada 72'), Amato (Bezuidenhout 82'), Domingo (Francis 65'), Darwin (Soukouna 82'), Rhodes