{"id":1241,"date":"2025-08-10T21:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:40:31","slug":"chiefs-off-to-great-start-with-stellenbosch-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/1241\/sports\/soccer\/chiefs-off-to-great-start-with-stellenbosch-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs off to great start with Stellenbosch win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kaizer Chiefs got off to a winning start in the Betway Premiership 2025\/26 season with a 2-0 victory over 10-man Stellenbosch FC at the Athlone Stadium on Sunday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Soweto giants, who were without coach Nasreddine Nabi due to a family emergency, will play host to Polokwane City at the FNB Stadium on 13 August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stellies, on the other hand, registered their <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">maiden<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> defeat of the campaign, having <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">defeated<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> AmaZulu FC in the MTN8 last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Coach Steve Barker&#8217;s side will also be in action on August 13 when they face Magesi FC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a title=\"Sekhukhune stun Pirates to start Betway Premiership season on a high\" href=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/archives\/1196\">Sekhukhune stun Pirates to start Betway Premiership season on a high<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amakhosi exerted pressure on Stellies&#8217; defence from the start <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the hosts were reduced to 10 players after Siviwe Nkwali was shown a straight red card in the 13th minute for denying the visitors a clear goal-scoring opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chiefs<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> took advantage of their numerical superiority over Stellenbosch when they broke the deadlock in the 15th minute. Nkosingiphile Ngcobo hit the back of the net with a magnificent free-kick <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Chiefs were leading 1-0 at halftime.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1242\" style=\"width: 918px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1242\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/B25HJRW0531-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"517\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiefs off to a great start<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stellies were fearless after the restart as they attacked in numbers, but they were left vulnerable at the back. Wandile Duba and Glody Lilepo missed sitters in the 67th minute and 74th minute, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a title=\"Ex-Sundowns defender joins Liverpool on loan\" href=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/archives\/841\">Ex-Sundowns defender joins Liverpool on loan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Amakhosi continued to threaten in the latter stages of the game <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> they were awarded a penalty in stoppage time after Ashley Du Preez was fouled in the box by Omega Mdaka. Lilepo stepped up and converted the resultant penalty to seal <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chiefs&#8217;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2-0 win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stellenbosch (0) 0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chiefs (1) 2<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(Ngcobo 15&#8242;, Lilepo 90&#8217;+6)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stellenbosch:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Stephens, Moloisane, Enyinnaya, Nkwali, Mdaka, Butsaka (Jabaar 62&#8242;), Palace, Barns (Mcaba 71&#8242;), Cupido (Khanyi 62&#8242;), De Jong (Nku 62&#8242;), Titus (Lekoloane 71&#8242;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chiefs:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Petersen, Cross, McCarthy, Miguel, Monyane, Cele (Ndlovu 75&#8242;), Ngcobo (Mthethwa 46&#8242;), Shabalala (Sirino 75&#8242;), Duba (Vilakazi 81&#8242;), Lilepo, Hlongwane (Du Preez 57&#8242;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/supersport.com\/football\/betway-premiership\/news\/1ff905c8-46f8-452b-a7da-1f9d7b09107f\/chiefs-off-to-great-start-with-stellenbosch-win\">Supersport<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amakhosi exerted pressure on Stellies&#8217; defence from the start and the hosts were reduced to 10 players after Siviwe Nkwali was shown a straight red card.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,42,43],"tags":[79,67,53,54],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","category-south-africa","category-sports","tag-betway-premiership","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-sports","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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