Kaizer Chiefs suffered yet another DStv Premiership defeat after losing 1-0 to TS Galaxy at the Mbombela Stadium.
The victory saw the Rockets climb up to the third spot on the league standings. It was also their second win of the campaign.
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Galaxy will now travel to KwaZulu-Natal where they are scheduled to face Royal AM on 27 August.
Chiefs, on the other hand, extended their winless run against Galaxy to six competitive matches. They remained 13th on the standings and they will be hoping to record their first league win of the season when they face AmaZulu on 26 August.
Both teams struggled to create clear-cut chances in the opening stages of the encounter. The game started to open up towards the halftime break.
Christian Saile had a chance to score in the 40th minute after outmuscling his marker. But he placed his shot wide of the target and at the other end, Kamogelo Sebelebele fired a tame shot straight into goalkeeper Brandon Petersen’s hands in the 44th minute, and the score was 0-0 at halftime.
KAIZER CHIEFS SUFFER DEFEAT TO TS GALAXY IN MBOMBELA
The Rockets were the better side after the restart and they managed to break the deadlock in the 49th minute. This is after some good work by Higor Vigal who cut inside from the left and his shot hit the back of the net to make it 1-0 to Galaxy after rebounding off both the upright and Petersen who netted an own-goal.
Amakhosi exerted pressure on the hosts with keeper Vasilije Kolak forced to produce a low save at the near-post – denying Saile at the near-post in the 63rd minute and Given Msimango headed over the crossbar from the resultant corner a minute later.
Chiefs pushed forward in numbers and they were left vulnerable at the back which saw Petersen produce late saves to deny Lefa Hlongwane and Sebelebele. Ultimately, the match ended in a 1-0 victory in favour of Galaxy on the day.
By Sebastian Meso
