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Free State Stars 2-0 Thanda Royal Zulu - April 08, 2009 / ABSA Premiership 2008/2009

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ABSA Premiership 2008/2009 - Round 26

Charles Mopeli Stadium - Qwa Qwa - South Africa

April 08, 2009

1 500

Free State Stars

2 - 0

Thanda Royal Zulu

Thamane Motaung

81'

Sthembiso Ngcobo

90'

logo Free State Stars FSS

46' - Substitution Tebello Mofokengis substituted by Thamane Motaung46

54' - Substitution July Mahlanguis substituted by Clifford Mulenga

58' - Substitution Matome Madimabeis substituted by Christopher Tsotetsi58

66' - Substitution Paulos Maseheis substituted by Prince Olomu66

67' - Substitution Musa Nyatamais substituted by Philip Evans

81' - Goal Thamane Motaung81

81' - Substitution Joseph Nkibeis substituted by Subusiso Hadebe

88' - Red card Bongani Mbhele

90' - Goal Sthembiso Ngcobo90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Free State Stars

2 - 0

Thanda Royal Zulu

Free State Stars Thanda Royal Zulu

Team line-ups

Free State Stars

Mweene

Kennedy Mweene

Zambia

B.date11/12/1984

Age24 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

Matola

James Matola

Zimbabwe

B.date31/05/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Nkosi

Sipho Nkosi

South Africa

B.date13/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefender

Mensah

Jonathan Mensah

Ghana

B.date13/07/1990

Age18 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Mdluli

Siyabonga Mdluli

South Africa

B.date10/03/1979

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Mabaso

Sanele Mabaso

South Africa

B.date10/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Cloete

Ruben Cloete

South Africa

B.date03/11/1980

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

Masehe66

Paulos Masehe

South Africa

B.date28/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

Madimabe58

Matome Madimabe

South Africa

B.date27/05/1982

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Mofokeng46

Tebello Mofokeng

South Africa

B.date24/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m75

positionForward

Ngcobo90

Sthembiso Ngcobo

South Africa

B.date24/09/1983

Age25 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Kennedy Mweene		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Matola		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sipho Nkosi		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonathan Mensah		18	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Siyabonga Mdluli		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sanele Mabaso		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruben Cloete		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paulos Masehe	66	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matome Madimabe	58	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tebello Mofokeng	46	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sthembiso Ngcobo	90	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Thanda Royal Zulu

Mathibe

Aubrey Mathibe

South Africa

B.date16/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Mohamed

Ahmed Mohamed

Ghana

B.date10/06/1985

Age23 years

positionCentral defender

Motale

Japie Motale

South Africa

B.date01/01/1979

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

Nkibe81

Joseph Nkibe

South Africa

B.date03/03/1980

Age29 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Rammile

Thabiso Rammile

South Africa

B.date17/11/1983

Age25 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Madidilane

James Madidilane

South Africa

B.date22/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m71

positionRight full-back

Mahlangu54

July Mahlangu

South Africa

B.date05/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Nyatama67

Musa Nyatama

South Africa

B.date15/08/1987

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Obada

Félix Obada

Nigeria

B.date03/11/1989

Age19 years

H1m86

positionRight Midfielder

Mbhele88

Bongani Mbhele

South Africa

B.date14/09/1986

Age22 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Nhleko

Nkosinathi Nhleko

South Africa

B.date24/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Aubrey Mathibe		28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ahmed Mohamed		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Japie Motale		30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Nkibe	81	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thabiso Rammile		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James Madidilane		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	July Mahlangu	54	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Musa Nyatama	67	21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Félix Obada		19	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bongani Mbhele	88	22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nkosinathi Nhleko		29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Christopher Tsotetsi	58	32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Prince Olomu	66	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thamane Motaung	8146	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Philip Evans	67	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Subusiso Hadebe	81	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clifford Mulenga	54	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Matola

Duncan Lechesa

OUT

Paulos Masehe

Prince Olomu

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Madidilane

Peter Ndlovu

OUT

Musa Nyatama

Tonic Chabalala

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Komphela

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Komphela vs Thanda Royal Zulu

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Komphela vs Palmgren

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Roger Palmgren

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Palmgren vs Free State Stars

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Palmgren vs Komphela

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2009

Referee

Charles Theron

1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Free State Stars4 matches	General total	Thanda Royal Zulu4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Free State Stars1 match	Season total	Thanda Royal Zulu3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 14, 2011					Latest figure on April 15, 2009

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Free State Stars keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Thanda Royal Zulu running (since 01/03/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

Thanda Royal Zulu keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 12/11/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 09/02/2007 (7 matches)

Free State Stars keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Thanda Royal Zulu running (since 01/03/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

-1	6	Bidvest Wits	38 pts	26 rd
+2	7	Ajax Cape Town	38 pts	25 rd
+2	8	Free State Stars	37 pts	26 rd
-2	9	Golden Arrows	36 pts	26 rd
-2	10	Moroka Swallows	35 pts	26 rd

General ranking

+1	12	Platinum Stars	31 pts	25 rd
-1	13	Maritzburg United	31 pts	26 rd
+1	14	Bloemfontein Celtic	26 pts	26 rd
-1	15	Thanda Royal Zulu	26 pts	26 rd
	16	Bay United	20 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFree State Stars 3-2 AmaZulu10/01/2009

VFree State Stars 4-1 SuperSport United17/01/2009

DFree State Stars 1-1 Bidvest Wits31/01/2009

VFree State Stars 1-0 Santos Cape Town14/02/2009

DFree State Stars 0-0 Cape Umoya United04/03/2009

LFree State Stars 3-4 Mamelodi Sundowns21/03/2009

Overall

DMamelodi Sundowns 0-0 Free State Stars25/02/2009

DFree State Stars 0-0 Cape Umoya United04/03/2009

LKaizer Chiefs 1-0 Free State Stars08/03/2009

VMoroka Swallows 0-2 Free State Stars18/03/2009

LFree State Stars 3-4 Mamelodi Sundowns21/03/2009

DKaizer Chiefs 0-0 Free State Stars04/04/2009

Current form

Away

LBloemfontein Celtic 6-1 Thanda Royal Zulu25/01/2009

VSuperSport United 1-3 Thanda Royal Zulu07/02/2009

LBidvest Wits 6-2 Thanda Royal Zulu18/02/2009

LSantos Cape Town 2-1 Thanda Royal Zulu04/03/2009

LDurban City 3-2 Thanda Royal Zulu08/03/2009

LMoroka Swallows 3-1 Thanda Royal Zulu05/04/2009

Overall

LBidvest Wits 6-2 Thanda Royal Zulu18/02/2009

VThanda Royal Zulu 1-0 Polokwane City01/03/2009

LSantos Cape Town 2-1 Thanda Royal Zulu04/03/2009

LDurban City 3-2 Thanda Royal Zulu08/03/2009

LThanda Royal Zulu 0-2 Orlando Pirates14/03/2009

LMoroka Swallows 3-1 Thanda Royal Zulu05/04/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	4
Winless streak	4	4
Drawless streak	11	6
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	6	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	14
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
905	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1056
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	15

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
10	Draws (Competition total)	2
6	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	15
1	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

26	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	50
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.04	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.69
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
0.92	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.31

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

54	Yellow cards (Competition total)	52
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Sthembiso Ngcobo	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Bernard Parker
Sthembiso Ngcobo	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Bernard Parker
Duncan Lechesa	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Bernard Parker
Duncan Lechesa	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bernard Parker
Ruben Cloete	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	July Mahlangu
Sipho Nkosi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Nkosinathi Nhleko
Tebello Mofokeng	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Nkosinathi Nhleko

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	December 14, 2008
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 22, 2007
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

December 14, 2008 - ABSA Premiership 2008/2009

Thanda Royal Zulu

2 - 3

Free State Stars logo Free State Stars

March 01, 2008 - ABSA Premiership 2007/2008

Free State Stars

2 - 2

Thanda Royal Zulu logo Thanda Royal Zulu

September 22, 2007 - ABSA Premiership 2007/2008

Thanda Royal Zulu

2 - 0

Free State Stars logo Free State Stars

Best historical scorers against Thanda Royal Zulu

Duncan Lechesa

3 goals

2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Free State Stars

	Clement Mazibuko	1 goal	2008 - 2008
	Félix Obada	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Thanda Royal Zulu

Christopher Tsotetsi	1 match	2008 - 2008
Prince Olomu	1 match	2008 - 2008
Kennedy Mweene	1 match	2008 - 2008
Jonathan Mensah	1 match	2008 - 2008
Thamane Motaung	1 match	2008 - 2008
Duncan Lechesa	1 match	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Free State Stars

Bernard Parker	1 match	2008 - 2008
Nkosinathi Nhleko	1 match	2008 - 2008
James Madidilane	1 match	2008 - 2008
Isaac Leshabane	1 match	2008 - 2008
Siyabonga Mfeka	1 match	2008 - 2008
July Mahlangu	1 match	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 14, 2009

Orlando Pirates

2 1

Durban City

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April 08, 2009

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	SuperSport United	52	26	16	4	6	43	19	+24
2	Orlando Pirates	47	26	13	8	5	30	16	+14
3	Kaizer Chiefs	44	26	13	5	8	33	27	+6
+24	AmaZulu	40	26	12	4	10	31	28	+3
-15	Mamelodi Sundowns	39	26	11	6	9	28	24	+4
-16	Bidvest Wits	38	26	11	5	10	35	33	+2
+27	Ajax Cape Town	38	25	11	5	9	27	27	0
+28	Free State Stars	37	26	9	10	7	28	22	+6
-29	Golden Arrows	36	26	10	6	10	38	26	+12
-210	Moroka Swallows	35	26	10	5	11	31	34	-3
11	Santos Cape Town	34	26	9	7	10	23	27	-4
+112	Platinum Stars	31	25	7	10	8	29	33	-4
-113	Maritzburg United	31	26	9	4	13	30	47	-17
+114	Bloemfontein Celtic	26	26	6	8	12	27	32	-5
-115	Thanda Royal Zulu	26	26	8	2	16	35	52	-17
16	Bay United	20	26	5	5	16	25	46	-21

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Free State Stars 2-0 Thanda Royal Zulu - April 08, 2009 / ABSA Premiership 2008/2009

Free State Stars

2 - 0

Thanda Royal Zulu

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Komphela vs Thanda Royal Zulu

Komphela vs Palmgren

Manager

Palmgren vs Free State Stars

Palmgren vs Komphela

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Thanda Royal Zulu

Best historical scorers against Free State Stars

Players with most games played vs Thanda Royal Zulu

Players with most games played vs Free State Stars

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking