Pirates & Sundowns both win, Chiefs fight back
10/30/2024 03:37 PM
Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns both claimed wins in midweek action in South Africa's Betway Premiership, while Kaizer Chiefs played out a played out a 2-2 thriller with top-flight rookies Magesi FC.
Sundowns, who had suffered a surprise loss at the hands of Polokwane City this past weekend, handed Cape Town City a 3-0 thrashing at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Wednesday.
A brace of Peter Shalulile goals sandwiched a fine strike from Lucas Ribeiro, as the Brazilians remained in second spot, three points off the pace set by Orlando Pirates.
Third place is occupied by Polokwane City, who edged Royal AM 1-0 at the Harry Gwala Stadium courtesy of a late strike from Bonginkosi Dlamini.
The pick of Wednesday's matches was played at the Peter Mokaba Stadium, where Kaizer Chiefs fought back from two goals down to hold Magesi FC 2-2.
Dikwena Tsa Meetse looked on course for a famous win thanks to goals from Wonderboy Makhubu and Edmore Chirambadare, but the Amakhosi's Mduduzi Shabalala scored a quickfire brace to salvage a point for the visitors.
Wednesday also saw Golden Arrows and SuperSport United play out a goalless stalemate at Mpumalanga Stadium.
Tuesday's trio of matches was headlined by Pirates making it six wins from six since the start of the league campaign, as they trumped TS Galaxy 2-0 at the Mbombela Stadium thanks to goals from Thalente Mbatha and Relebohile Mofokeng.
The Rockets dropped to last place on the log due to AmaZulu picking up their first points of the season with a 2-0 triumph over Chippa United at Moses Mabhida Stadium (goals from Hendrick Ekstein and Celimpilo Ngema), while Sekhukhune United rose to third place thanks to a 2-0 win over Richards Bay at the Peter Mokaba Stadium (goals from Siphesihle Mkhize and Sipho Mbule).
The midweek round will be completed on Thursday evening at the Cape Town Stadium with a clash between Stellenbosch FC and Marumo Gallants.
Betway Premiership midweek results/fixture
Tuesday 29 October
AmaZulu FC 2-0 Chippa United
Sekhukhune United 2-0 Richards Bay
TS Galaxy 0-2 Orlando Pirates
Wednesday 30 October
Golden Arrows 0-0 SuperSport United
Magesi FC 2-2 Kaizer Chiefs
Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 Cape Town City
Royal AM 0-1 Polokwane City
Thursday 31 October
19:30: Stellenbosch FC v Marumo Gallants
