On the 4th of February, Golden Arrows hosts Royal AM at Princess Magogo Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams in the ever popular Durban derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Golden Arrows recorded a 0-4 loss against TS Galaxy. Orebotse Mongae struck first for TS Galaxy in the 29th minute, then Bernard Parker added another in the 44th minute In the end, Golden Arrows couldn’t muster any offence and TS Galaxy ran away with the shutout win. Golden Arrows looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Royal AM recorded a 0-2 loss against Kaizer Chiefs. Sifiso Hlanti struck first for Kaizer Chiefs in the 60th minute, then Ashley Du Preez added another in the 85th minute In the end, Royal AM was frustrated by Kaizer Chiefs’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kaizer Chiefs ended the match with the shutout victory. Royal AM looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Oct 25th, Royal AM hosted Golden Arrows in their last match together. Royal AM won by a score of 3 to 1. Lesvin Stoffels struck first for Royal AM in the 7th minute on a feed from Ricardo Nascimento, but Sbonelo Cele got the equalizer for Golden Arrows in the 32nd minute.
Royal AM’s top weapon lately has been Sera Motebang, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Knox Mutizwa has been the most prolific scorer on Golden Arrows in the last five matches with two goals.