Mamelodi Sundowns vs Stellenbosch

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‘They’ve got possibilities to hurt Mamelodi Sundowns in possession. In fact Stellenbosch are second in the league for highest number of dribbles, they average 6 or 7 per game. Mthethwa is very strong for them and he is very important as a Destroyer.

Stellenbosch FC were crowned the new Champions of the DStv Diski Challenge. Stellies defeated TS Galaxy at Tsakane Stadium on Saturday to clinch the title ...

Ashley du Preez found the back of the net twice as Stellenbosch FC blew champions Mamelodi Sundowns away at the Tuks Stadium in Tshwane.

They dominated possession, with Shalulile, who was in search of his 23rd league goal, posing the most threat for Stellies defence. Indeed, that was the case as the Brazilians surged forward in search of a goal that was going to bring them back into the game, but Stellies' defence, with the help of Stephens, stood firm. That goal forced the Brazilians to come out of their box as they went in hunt of an equaliser.

Stellenbosch beat a strangely lethargic Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 to cement their place in the top eight on the DStv Premiership standings at the Tuks Stadium ...

Stellenbosch increased their lead through Jayden Adams who showed awareness to loop the ball over the head of the suspect Goss who was out of his line. Stellenbosch stretched their lead further shortly before the hour mark when Du Preez registered his second of the match after he outran Kekana and Lebusa before beating Goss. Stellenbosch opened the scoring after six minutes through Du Preez who was injured in the process of putting the ball in the back of the net but recovered to continue with the match.

Take a look at how both Mamelodi Sundowns and Stellenbosch have opted to lineup for this afternoon's DStv Premiership clash!

‘They’ve got possibilities to hurt Mamelodi Sundowns in possession. In fact Stellenbosch are second in the league for highest number of dribbles, they average 6 or 7 per game. Mthethwa is very strong for them and he is very important as a Destroyer.

Speedster Ashley du Preez scored twice as Stellenbosch stunned champions Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 on Saturday in the penultimate round of the South African ...

In an unusual round, only one of the seven hosts won and just two of them scored. Cape Town (49 points), Royal AM (46 with a game in hand), Kaizer Chiefs (46) and Orlando Pirates (40 with two games in hand) are the contenders to finish second and join Sundowns in the CAF Champions League. "Our only hope lay in swift counterattacks, using the pace of Ashley (du Preez) and others, and the game plan worked well."

DStv Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns suffered a 3-0 defeat to Stellenbosch in their final home game of the season on Saturday afternoon.

Van Rooyen. Van Heerden, 24. Maema, 28. Mkhulise, 28. The writing was on the wall for the Brazilians in the closing stages as they could not click into gear and Barker's men recorded their first ever win against Sundowns that boosted their chances of finishing third on the log. Stephens was called into action a couple of minutes later with a goal-bound save, as the game was getting scrappy and the Stellies box crowded. The speed of Du Preez proved decisive again for Stellies on a counter-attack just before the hour-mark, as the diminutive attacker made it 3-0 and grabbed his brace after he bundled home a shot from close range in a rebound after he had dribbled past Goss. The Brazilians continued with their high press, as they looked for pockets of space in and around the box and Maema came close to equalising in the 18th minute with a low strike across goal that missed the bottom corner agonisingly wide. Sundowns reacted with a quadruple change just after that as Lyle Lakay, Gaston Sirino, Divine Lunga and Haashim Domingo all entered the fray largely for fresh legs and some tweaks in their system. Stellies had a dream start as they punished their hosts for a high defensive line in the sixth minute after Ashley Du Preez latched onto a ball over the top by Mogamad De Goede with a good first touch and fired a left-footed strike past the on-rushing Goss, who collided with the speedy forward. The same theme carried on as the hosts gained momentum and Maema took matters into his own hands eight minutes before the half-time break after twisting and turning in the box to find space and toe-poked an effort towards the far post that was parried away by shot-stopper Sage Stephens. However, Steve Barker's charges doubled their lead four minutes later after Jayden Adams looped a great strike over Goss from a rebound outside the box after the Sundowns shot-stopper made a headed clearance out of his area.

Stellenbosch FC embarrassed Mamelodi Sundowns as they claimed a surprise 3-0 win in the DStv Premiership match at the Absa Tuks Stadium on Saturday ...

The Western Cape side collected four points from Sundowns this term as the two teams drew 1-1 in the first round clash last December. The 24-year-old ran onto Ibraheem Jabaar's through pass before scoring from close range to make it 3-0 to Stellenbosch in the 57th minute. Stellies are scheduled to face Cape Town City on May 21 in their game of the season.

Stellenbosch FC thumped Mamelodi Sundowns in a DStv Premiership clash at the Tuks Stadium in Pretoria.

Stellenbosch scored again in the 57th minute, when Du Preez slotted the ball in to the Sundowns goal following a breakaway against the run of play to make it 3-0. In the 42nd minute, against the run of play, Stellies scored again when a shot by Adams from outside the box beat 'keeper Ricardo Goss, who was caught off his line, after receiving a pass from Dean van Rooyen to make it 2-0 in favour of the visitors. In the sixth minute, Stellenbosch grabbed the lead when Du Preez received a pass to score with a left-footed shot after receiving the ball from Mogamad De Goede, in front of goal, to make it 1-0.