CT City beat Sundowns on final day to end Masandawana’s invincible dream
Cape Town City FC’s 1-0 victory over Mamelodi Sundowns ended the Brazilians’ invincible dream for an unbeaten season in the 2023/24 DStv Premiership, a feat never before achieved in the PSL era.
The encounter took place at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane on Saturday afternoon.
Jaedin Rhodes’ 60th-minute goal made the difference to earn the visitors maximum points away from home.
Below are the talking points.
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS FAIL TO ACHIEVE THE INVINCIBLES SEASON
Following their 1-0 loss to the Cape club this afternoon, Bafana Ba Style finished this campaign unbeaten in 29 games in the SA elite league this term.
Despite the defeat, Masandawana are the first PSL team to go unbeaten in their first 29 games of the league.
It took 631 days for Sundowns to taste defeat. The last time the Rulani Mokwena-coached side had lost a league match was on 2 September 2022 when they suffered a 2-1 defeat to cross-town rivals SuperSport United.
CAPE TOWN CITY PLAYERS RULED OUT FOR TODAY’S ENCOUNTER
The Citizens came into this match without five of their key players.
The five players are Aprocius Petrus [suspended], Thami Mkhize [illness], Taahir Goedeman [injured], Thabo Nodada [injured], Thabiso Kutumela [loan clause] and Mac Van Heerden [unavailable].
Meanwhile, Sundowns also had eight players ruled out for this tie due to injuries. The players are Rushine De Reuck [knee injury, Stage 3 rehabilitation], Abdelmounaim Boutouil [groin injury, Post Operation, Stage 1 rehabilitation], Siyanda Nyanga: [knee injury, Post Operation, Stage 3 rehabilitation], Thapelo Maseko [ankle injury, Stage 3 rehabilitation], Grant Kekana [hamstring Injury, Stage 4 rehabilitation], Aubrey Modiba [hamstring injury, Stage 3 rehabilitation], Lesiba Nku [groin Injury, Stage 3 rehabilitation] and Bathusi Aubaas [groin injury, Stage 2 rehabilitation].
On the other hand, Marcelo Allende and Sphelele Mkhulise were suspended for this final game of the season.
CAPE TOWN CITY BEEN SHOOTING BLANKS
Cape Town City have failed to score in each of their last seven league games against Sundowns, the joint-longest any team has blanked against the Chloorkop-based out [also Arrows 2016-2019]. However, they have ended that today as they managed to score.
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