Week 22 brings us a match on Apr 24th, where Royal AM and AmaZulu will play a match in Durban in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams in the ever popular Durban derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Royal AM, recorded a 1-1 draw against Cape Town City. Mxolisi Macuphu struck first for Royal AM in the 43rd minute on a feed from Manganyi, but Mkhize got the equalizer for Cape Town City on an own goal in the 67th minute earning Cape Town City a comeback draw. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Royal AM should be reasonably happy with their performance, while amaZulu is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Maritzburg United. Nicholus Lukhubeni struck first for AmaZulu on an own goal in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Maritzburg United couldn’t manage to score, and AmaZulu took the shutout win. AmaZulu is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Royal AM and AmaZulu last played eachother at the King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium on the 4th of December. AmaZulu and Royal AM battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither AmaZulu nor Royal AM could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
Sikhakhane and Matarr Ceesay are the top scorers for AmaZulu in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Royal AM’s most prolific scorer has been Sepana Letsoalo. The attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.