On the 24th of August, Chippa United hosts TS Galaxy at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Chippa United is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Maritzburg United. Etiosa Godspower Ighodaro struck first for Chippa United in the 34th minute, then Friday Samy got the equalizer for Maritzburg United in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kimvuidi Karim But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Amadou Soukouna. Chippa United is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 2nd placed TS Galaxy, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Golden Arrows. Neither Golden Arrows nor TS Galaxy could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. TS Galaxy is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season TS Galaxy won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
TS Galaxy’s top weapon lately has been Spiwe Msimango, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Chippa United hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ronald Pfumbidzai and Diego Appollis, and they each have 1 goal.