Pirates & Sundowns both win, Chiefs fight back

Lucas Ribeiro Costa of Mamelodi Sundowns celebrates goal with teammates, Grant Kekana (c) during the Betway Premiership 2024/25 football match between Sundowns and Cape Town City at Loftus Stadium, Pretoria on 30 October 2024 @Gavin Barker/BackpagePix

by Graeme Jackson

Wednesday Oct 30, 2024. 21:37

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