Perhaps someone has been putting some Guarana in their Christmas pudding?
The Premier Soccer League returned from its six-week break for the festive period and the Africa Cup of Nations this week not with a bang‚ but an A-bomb‚ with 25 goals scored in eight matches.
There was just one goalless draw‚ between Platinum Stars and Orlando Pirates in Rustenburg on Wednesday night.
The highest-scoring match was between SuperSport United and Lamontville Golden Arrows at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville on the same night‚ where Matsatsantsa ran out 5-2 winners.
Remarkably‚ all seven goals were scored in a frenetic second half at a breathtaking rate of one strike every six-and-a-half minutes.
SuperSport coach Stuart Baxter said afterwards his side had needed a big win to regain the lead that was snatched from them for 24 hours by Bidvest Wits‚ who had stunned Ajax Cape Town – on form before the recess – 5-0 at
Bidvest Stadium the previous night.
Kaizer Chiefs’ 3-1 win against Free State Stars had four goals in it.
New franchise Cape Town City’s fairytale first-season run in third place appears set to continue into 2017 as they began the year with a 3-0 stopping of Highlands Park.
The PSL matches this week averaged 3‚125 goals per game. Keep up that rate‚ and we are in for a classic season.
All the PSL results this week:
Tuesday:
Bidvest Wits 5 Ajax Cape Town 0
Cape Town City 3 Highlands Park 0
Chippa United 2 Baroka FC 1
Kaizer Chiefs 3 Free State Stars 1
Wednesday:
SuperSport United 5 Lamontville Golden Arrows 2
Platinum Stars 0 Orlando Pirates 0
Bloemfontein Celtic 0 Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Polokwane City 1 Maritzburg United 1
- TMG Digital/TMG Sport
It’s raining goals – the PSL comes back with an A-bomb
Perhaps someone has been putting some Guarana in their Christmas pudding?
The Premier Soccer League returned from its six-week break for the festive period and the Africa Cup of Nations this week not with a bang‚ but an A-bomb‚ with 25 goals scored in eight matches.
There was just one goalless draw‚ between Platinum Stars and Orlando Pirates in Rustenburg on Wednesday night.
The highest-scoring match was between SuperSport United and Lamontville Golden Arrows at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville on the same night‚ where Matsatsantsa ran out 5-2 winners.
Remarkably‚ all seven goals were scored in a frenetic second half at a breathtaking rate of one strike every six-and-a-half minutes.
SuperSport coach Stuart Baxter said afterwards his side had needed a big win to regain the lead that was snatched from them for 24 hours by Bidvest Wits‚ who had stunned Ajax Cape Town – on form before the recess – 5-0 at
Bidvest Stadium the previous night.
Kaizer Chiefs’ 3-1 win against Free State Stars had four goals in it.
New franchise Cape Town City’s fairytale first-season run in third place appears set to continue into 2017 as they began the year with a 3-0 stopping of Highlands Park.
The PSL matches this week averaged 3‚125 goals per game. Keep up that rate‚ and we are in for a classic season.
All the PSL results this week:
Tuesday:
Bidvest Wits 5 Ajax Cape Town 0
Cape Town City 3 Highlands Park 0
Chippa United 2 Baroka FC 1
Kaizer Chiefs 3 Free State Stars 1
Wednesday:
SuperSport United 5 Lamontville Golden Arrows 2
Platinum Stars 0 Orlando Pirates 0
Bloemfontein Celtic 0 Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Polokwane City 1 Maritzburg United 1
- TMG Digital/TMG Sport
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