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Bidvest Wits 3-1 Free State Stars - December 17, 2016 / ABSA Premiership 2016/2017

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ABSA Premiership 2016/2017 - Round 14

Investec Stadium - Johannesburg - South Africa

December 17, 2016

Bidvest Wits

3 - 1

Free State Stars

Assist by Sifiso Myeni (right foot) Gabadinho Mhango

14'

(penalty) Phakamani Mahlambi

36'

Assist by Mogakolodi Ngele (right foot) Phakamani Mahlambi

62'

43'

Thokozani Sekotlong (right foot)

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14' - Goal Gabadinho Mhango14

36' - Goal Phakamani Mahlambi36

43' - Goal Thokozani Sekotlong

44' - Yellow card Thulani Hlatshwayo44

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46' - Substitution Fanele Filitais substituted by Mbuyiselo Thethani

50' - Yellow card Ben Motshwari50

59' - Substitution Gabadinho Mhangois substituted by Dillon Sheppard59

62' - Goal Phakamani Mahlambi62

64' - Yellow card Angelo Kerspuy

66' - Substitution Thokozani Sekotlongis substituted by Danny Venter

68' - Substitution Phakamani Mahlambiis substituted by Cuthbert Malajila68

71' - Substitution Goodman Dlaminiis substituted by Thabo Maphakisa

76' - Red card Angelo Kerspuy

80' - Substitution Sifiso Myeniis substituted by Elias Pelembe80

82' - Yellow card Danny Venter

84' - Missed penalty Moeketsi Sekola

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bidvest Wits

3 - 1

Free State Stars

Bidvest Wits Free State Stars

Team line-ups

Bidvest Wits

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Mhango1459

Gabadinho Mhango

Malawi

B.date27/09/1992

Age24 years

H1m62

positionForward

27Mahlambi623668

Phakamani Mahlambi

South Africa

B.date12/09/1997

Age19 years

positionVersatile Forward

10Ngele

Mogakolodi Ngele

Botswana

B.date06/10/1990

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23Myeni80

Sifiso Myeni

South Africa

B.date10/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

30Motshwari50

Ben Motshwari

South Africa

B.date21/03/1991

Age25 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

8Monare

Thabang Monare

South Africa

B.date16/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

13Hlanti

Sifiso Hlanti

South Africa

B.date01/05/1990

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

3Hlatshwayo44

Thulani Hlatshwayo

South Africa

B.date18/12/1989

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

2Allie

Nazeer Allie

South Africa

B.date23/05/1985

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefender

32Gaxa

Siboniso Gaxa

South Africa

B.date06/04/1984

Age32 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

1Keet

Darren Keet

South Africa

B.date05/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Darren Keet		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thulani Hlatshwayo	44	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Nazeer Allie		31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Siboniso Gaxa		32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Sifiso Hlanti		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Thabang Monare		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Ben Motshwari	50	25	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Sifiso Myeni	80	28	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mogakolodi Ngele		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Phakamani Mahlambi	623668	19	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Gabadinho Mhango	1459	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Free State Stars

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Sekola

Moeketsi Sekola

South Africa

B.date27/01/1989

Age27 years

positionForward

7Sekotlong4366

Thokozani Sekotlong

South Africa

B.date07/05/1991

Age25 years

H1m76

positionForward

26Dlamini71

Goodman Dlamini

South Africa

B.date05/03/1988

Age28 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

33Filita46

Fanele Filita

South Africa

positionRight full-back

15Kerspuy6476

Angelo Kerspuy

South Africa

B.date12/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m66

positionDefensive Midfielder

50Vilakazi

Nhlanhla Vilakazi

South Africa

B.date30/11/1985

Age31 years

H1m59

positionLeft full-back

24Thlone

Bokang Thlone

South Africa

B.date19/01/1991

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

44Mahamutsa

Rooi Mahamutsa

South Africa

B.date26/10/1981

Age35 years

H1m76

positionRight central defender

35Teyise

Thamsanqa Teyise

South Africa

B.date12/08/1986

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

4Makhaula

Makhelhene Makhaula

South Africa

B.date17/11/1989

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

32Ngobeni

Thela Ngobeni

South Africa

B.date04/02/1989

Age27 years

H1m77

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Thela Ngobeni		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Rooi Mahamutsa		35	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Thamsanqa Teyise		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	M	Fanele Filita	46		3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Bokang Thlone		25	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
50	M	Nhlanhla Vilakazi		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Angelo Kerspuy	6476	30	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Goodman Dlamini	71	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Makhelhene Makhaula		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Thokozani Sekotlong	4366	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Moeketsi Sekola		27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Moeneeb Josephs		36
4	D	Bongani Khumalo		29
6	M	Wangu Gome		23
11	M	Elias Pelembe	80	33	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Dillon Sheppard	59	37	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Cuthbert Malajila	68	31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Eleazar Rodgers		31

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Glen Theletsane		24
19	D	Sifiso Mbhele Khwela		29
6	D	Davis Nkausu		30
20	M	Katlego Mashego		30
8	M	Danny Venter	6682	29	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Thabo Maphakisa	71	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Mbuyiselo Thethani	46	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mogakolodi Ngele

Daine Klate

OUT

Sifiso Myeni

Elias Pelembe

OUT

Phakamani Mahlambi

Eleazar Rodgers

OUT

Ben Motshwari

Xola Mlambo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Fanele Filita

Danny Venter

OUT

Angelo Kerspuy

Mbuyiselo Thethani

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gavin Hunt

137

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Hunt vs Free State Stars

13 victories

12 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Hunt vs Solinas

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni Solinas

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Solinas vs Bidvest Wits

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Solinas vs Hunt

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 17, 2016

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Phakamani Mahlambi scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Free State Stars in Premier Soccer League

Gavin Hunt has registered 50 clean sheet in Premier Soccer League since the 28/05/2013 as the manager of Bidvest Wits next after this match..

The last time Free State Stars has ended with the score 1-3 away from home, It was on the 21/11/2015 (vs )

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	1	Cape Town City	25 pts	14 rd
+1	2	Bidvest Wits	24 pts	12 rd
-1	3	SuperSport United	22 pts	13 rd
	4	Polokwane City	21 pts	13 rd
	5	Golden Arrows	19 pts	13 rd

General ranking

-1	12	Platinum Stars	13 pts	13 rd
-1	13	Bloemfontein Celtic	12 pts	13 rd
	14	Highlands Park	12 pts	14 rd
+1	15	Baroka FC	11 pts	13 rd
-1	16	Free State Stars	11 pts	14 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBidvest Wits 2-1 Orlando Pirates27/08/2016

VBidvest Wits 3-0 Cape Town City10/09/2016

VBidvest Wits 3-0 Mamelodi Sundowns01/10/2016

VBidvest Wits 1-0 Chippa United01/11/2016

DBidvest Wits 2-2 Highlands Park23/11/2016

LBidvest Wits 2-3 Cape Town City02/12/2016

Overall

VBidvest Wits 1-0 Chippa United01/11/2016

VCape Umoya United 0-1 Bidvest Wits19/11/2016

DBidvest Wits 2-2 Highlands Park23/11/2016

LSuperSport United 2-0 Bidvest Wits29/11/2016

LBidvest Wits 2-3 Cape Town City02/12/2016

DGolden Arrows 0-0 Bidvest Wits14/12/2016

Current form

Away

DHighlands Park 2-2 Free State Stars30/10/2016

DKaizer Chiefs 2-2 Free State Stars06/11/2016

LOrlando Pirates 1-0 Free State Stars19/11/2016

LPolokwane City 1-0 Free State Stars23/11/2016

LCape Town City 4-1 Free State Stars26/11/2016

LMamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Free State Stars03/12/2016

Overall

LOrlando Pirates 1-0 Free State Stars19/11/2016

LPolokwane City 1-0 Free State Stars23/11/2016

LCape Town City 4-1 Free State Stars26/11/2016

VFree State Stars 3-1 Cape Umoya United30/11/2016

LMamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Free State Stars03/12/2016

VFree State Stars 1-0 Baroka FC14/12/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	7	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	12	0
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	15
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	16
866	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1058
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	13
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
6	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.27	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.77
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.67

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Eleazar Rodgers	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Thokozani Sekotlong
Elias Pelembe	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Thokozani Sekotlong
Eleazar Rodgers	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Eleazar Rodgers	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Elias Pelembe	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Danny Venter
Elias Pelembe	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Danny Venter
Elias Pelembe	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Thokozani Sekotlong

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

5 v

9 d

2 l

13 gf

10 ga

Away

19 matches

4 v

9 d

6 l

17 gf

19 ga

Total

35 matches

9 v

18 d

8 l

30 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

6 v

9 d

4 l

19 gf

17 ga

Away

16 matches

2 v

9 d

5 l

10 gf

13 ga

Total

35 matches

8 v

18 d

9 l

29 gf

30 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 22, 2014
Home	2 - 0	November 22, 2014

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 22, 2016
Away	3 - 1	March 15, 2014

Latest head to head

October 22, 2016 - Telkom Knockout 2016

Free State Stars

3 - 1

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

April 23, 2016 - Nedbank Cup 2015/2016

Free State Stars

0 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

April 16, 2016 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Bidvest Wits

0 - 0

Free State Stars logo Free State Stars

October 03, 2015 - Telkom Knockout 2015

Free State Stars

1 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

September 26, 2015 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Free State Stars

0 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

Best historical scorers against Free State Stars

Calvin Kadi	3 goals	2009 - 2012
Bongolwethu Jayiya	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Phikolethu Spelman	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Matthew Pattison	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Robin Ngalande	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Christopher Katongo	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bidvest Wits

Richard Henyekane	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Noah Chivuta	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Danny Venter	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Edward Manqele	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Paulos Masehe	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Kennedy Mweene	1 goal	2010 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Free State Stars

Sibusiso Vilakazi	14 matches	2009 - 2016
Calvin Kadi	10 matches	2009 - 2015
Moeneeb Josephs	9 matches	2013 - 2016
Jabulani Shongwe	8 matches	2014 - 2016
Faty Papy	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Ryan Chapman	8 matches	2010 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bidvest Wits

Paulos Masehe	18 matches	2009 - 2016
Katlego Mashego	13 matches	2011 - 2016
Kennedy Mweene	10 matches	2008 - 2012
Moeketsi Sekola	9 matches	2014 - 2016
Danny Venter	8 matches	2013 - 2016
Sadat Ouro Akoriko	7 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sthembiso Ngcobo

47 matches

53 matches

2008 - 2016

Nyiko Tshabangu

26 matches

7 matches

2009 - 2016

Mzikayise Mashaba

23 matches

32 matches

2011 - 2013

Themba Shabalala

9 matches

49 matches

2009 - 2016

Fikru Teferra

8 matches

9 matches

2013 - 2015

Zaid Patel

6 matches

2012 - 2015

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Sthembiso Ngcobo

47 matches

53 matches

2008 - 2016

Themba Shabalala

9 matches

49 matches

2009 - 2016

Mzikayise Mashaba

23 matches

32 matches

2011 - 2013

Fikru Teferra

8 matches

9 matches

2013 - 2015

Nyiko Tshabangu

26 matches

7 matches

2009 - 2016

Zaid Patel

6 matches

2012 - 2015

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 16, 2016

Cape Town City

1 1

SuperSport

Line-ups available

December 17, 2016

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

December 18, 2016

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

February 11, 2017

Mamelodi

6 0

Orlando Pirates

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Cape Town City	25	14	7	4	3	18	17	+1
+12	Bidvest Wits	24	12	7	3	2	17	11	+6
-13	SuperSport United	22	13	5	7	1	19	7	+12
4	Polokwane City	21	13	5	6	2	16	15	+1
5	Golden Arrows	19	13	5	4	4	14	15	-1
6	Kaizer Chiefs	18	13	4	6	3	13	10	+3
7	Orlando Pirates	18	12	4	6	2	14	15	-1
8	Maritzburg United	18	14	4	6	4	13	14	-1
9	Mamelodi Sundowns	16	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11
10	Chippa United	16	13	4	4	5	14	11	+3
+211	Ajax Cape Town	15	14	4	3	7	16	18	-2
-112	Platinum Stars	13	13	3	4	6	14	15	-1
-113	Bloemfontein Celtic	12	13	2	6	5	6	11	-5
14	Highlands Park	12	14	2	6	6	16	27	-11
+115	Baroka FC	11	13	2	5	6	11	18	-7
-116	Free State Stars	11	14	2	5	7	11	19	-8

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Bidvest Wits 3-1 Free State Stars - December 17, 2016 / ABSA Premiership 2016/2017

Bidvest Wits

3 - 1

Free State Stars

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

Hunt vs Free State Stars

Hunt vs Solinas

Manager

Solinas vs Bidvest Wits

Solinas vs Hunt

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 Free State Stars

Best historical scorers against Bidvest Wits

Players with most games played vs Free State Stars

Players with most games played vs Bidvest Wits

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking