Golden Arrows, Siwelele FC, and Durban City FC registered identical 1-0 wins in Betway Premiership matches played on Sunday, as Sekhukhune United’s winless streak continues.
At the King Zwelithini Stadium, Sabelo Sithole’s late strike sealed the win for Abafana Bes’thende, their eighth win from 22 games, leapfrogging Stellenbosch FC into eighth place.
Sekhukhune United’s winless streak stretches to five games, with this sixth league defeat of the season leaving them sixth on the log. The Eric Tinkler coached-side is wounded and has now gone for five games without a win across all competitions.
After exchanging early half-chances with Arrows’ Ayabulela Maxwele and Sekhukhune United’s Lehlogonolo Mojela seeing shots miss the target – Sekhukhune were hamstrung when striker Bradley Grobler was stretchered off in clear distress.
Arrows finally made their attacking pressure pay in the 82nd minute, with Sithole turning nicely on the left before driving a shot beyond goalie Renaldo Leaner. That was enough to seal the win.
SIWELELE BOUNCE BACK TO WINNING WAYS
Lehlohonolo Seema’s Siwelele FC returned to winning ways, keeping hopes of a top-eight finish in the Betway Premiership alive with a 1-0 victory over Orbit College FC at the Toyota Stadium.
Siwelele started the match at a high tempo and deservedly took the lead in the opening ten minutes with a low finish by Chibuike Ohizu after a through pass by Tebogo Potsane.
That turned out to be all Siwelele FC needed to collect maximum points and retain hopes of a top-eight finish, with 26 points from 21 matches. Orbit College FC tried hard to come back, but Siwelele FC thwarted every threat they posed. The Mswenko Boys are 15th on the log table with 18 points from 22 matches.
DURBAN CITY SECURE VICTORY IN THE KZN DERBY
At Chartsworth Stadium, the KZN Derby between Durban City FC and Richards Bay FC had a rather slow start, and they could not breach each other at half-time.
Samkelo Maseko then broke the deadlock for Durban City FC in the 80th minute, assisted by Saziso Magawana. Durban City have now collected 35 points from 22 matches and sit on fifth position. In addition, Richards Bay are 12th with 23 points from 22 matches.
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