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Head to head: Stellenbosch v Kaizer Chiefs

rugby30 August 2023 11:07
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Stellenbosch FC will host Kaizer Chiefs at Athlone Stadium for the 9th DStv Premiership encounter between the sides, since they first clashed in the 2019/20 campaign. Catch the action live on SuperSport.

In the eight league fixtures that have taken place between the two sides, Stellies have played Amakhosi on four occasions at home of these games they have lost two including a 4-0 loss in 2019-20 and drawn one game and won one.

The only draw between the teams in a league game with Stellenbosch as hosts was in the 2020/21 season, the game ended 0-0.

The other draws between the sides were in the same season 2020/21 season the game ended 2-2 and in 2019/20 on both occasions Chiefs were at home.

Stellies’ only home win against Kaizer Chiefs ended in a 1-0 scoreline in the 2021/22 season with Deano Van Rooyen as the goal scorer.

Stellies biggest loss at home against Amakhosi was last season (2022/23) as they suffered a 1-3 reverse, Kaizer Chiefs’ Caleb Bimenyimana scored a hattrick of penalties.

Bimenyimana became the first player since 1996-97 to score a hattrick from the penalty spot in a league game since 1996-97.

Across all competitions the two sides have faced each other 11 times including domestic cup competitions (MTN8 and the Nedbank Cup).

The two sides have drawn twice, a goalless draw in the 2021/22 season in the league and a 1-1 draw in the MTN8 quarterfinal last season, which Chiefs eventually won on penalties.

LAST FOUR LEAGUE GAMES HAVE PRODUCED A WINNER

In the 2021/22 campaign, Stellenbosch won home and away against Kaizer Chiefs with two 1-0 wins.

Ashley Du Preez, who now plays for Kaizer Chiefs, scored in a 1-0 away win for Stellenbosch, while Deano and Van Rooyen scored in a 1-0 home win as Stellenbosch completed a league double over Chiefs.

Ashley Du Preez holds the honour of having scored for both teams in this fixture he has a total of three goals in games between the sides in all competitions two for Chiefs and one for Stellenbosch.

During the 2022/23 season, Kaizer Chiefs defeated Stellenbosch home and away in the league, winning the corresponding fixture 3-1 and the second at home 2-1.

Stellenbosch and Kaizer Chiefs have both kept two clean sheets in the new campaign in the four matches that have been played.

Since Stellenbosch came into the top flight Steve Barker has consistently been their coach while Molefi Ntseki becomes the fifth Chiefs permanent coach after Ernst Middendorp, Gavin Hunt, Stuart Baxter and Arthur Zwane that he will come up against in what is the fifth season that the two sides will be facing off in the top flight.

Chiefs have won three of the previous eight league clashes between the teams, with Stellenbosch recording two wins and three games have been draws.

The last four league games between the teams have produced a winner.

Stellenbosch have scored in their last five league games against Chiefs keeping two clean-sheets in this time, they last failed to score in a 0-0 draw at home in 2020-21 which was also Chiefs last clean-sheet in this encounter.

In the corresponding fixture last season which Chiefs won 3-1 in Cape Town on the 9th October Stellenbosch had Mogamad De Goede sent off in the 55th minute.

HEAD-TO-HEAD LEAGUE FIXTURES

P W D L GF GA GD

Stellenbosch 8 2 3 4 7 12 -5

Kaizer Chiefs 8 4 3 2 12 7 5

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