When is Sundowns vs Kaizer Chiefs? Date, kickoff time, team news

Sundowns can take a giant stride towards an eighth consecutive league title on Saturday and ruin Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates fans’ weekends.

Sundowns strolling to another Betway Premiership crown

The Brazilians hold a commanding 12-point lead over their only credible challengers for the title, Orlando Pirates. The Buccaneers have three games in hand, but recent history suggests that Sundowns will have enough in the tank. This coming weekend, Pirates fans will temporarily wear their Chiefs hats and hope the Glamour Boys can take points off the runaway leaders. Kickoff between Sundowns and Chiefs is on Saturday 01 March at 15:30.

Team news and stats

Chiefs are without five first-team regulars. Namely, Sibongiseni Mthethwa, Ashley Du Preez, Dillan Solomons, Wandile Duba and Edmilson Dove. Meanwhile, Gaston Sirino misses this match against his old club after a dismissal against SuperSport.

Grim H2H stats for Kaizer Chiefs fans to swallow

You have to go back to April 2021 for Chiefs’ last win over the South African champions in any competition. Ironically, Uruguayan Gaston Sirino was a goal-scorer for Downs on that afternoon. Downs are unbeaten in each of the last NINE H2Hs across all competitions.

Kwinika’s wages sum up the financial mismanagement at Kaizer Chiefs

Rushwin Dortley and Inacio Miguel arrived at the start of the campaign and have become Nasreddine Nabi’s first-choice pairing in the centre of defence. At best, Zitha Kwinika is the fourth or fifth choice in that position. Yes, he’s versatile and can fill in at right-back, but it’s unlikely he’ll play any minutes. Earning a reported R370k a month, that’s an expensive benchwarmer. Reports back in July indicated new boss Nabi wasn’t satisfied with what he saw from the defender in Turkey and those reports have turned out to be true. Kwinika, astonishingly, is the only remaining player in the Chiefs squad who was with the club when they won the league in 2015.

Do Chiefs have any chance of reversing their terrible recent head-to-head record with Sundowns?

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