On Sunday Mar 5th, AmaZulu will travel to Port Elizabeth to battle Chippa United in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. 13th placed Chippa United is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Moroka Swallows. Malinga struck first for Moroka Swallows in the 19th minute on a feed from Rusike Evans, but Thabiso Lebitso got the equalizer for Chippa United in the 31st minute. Chippa United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed AmaZulu is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Royal AM. Ruzaigh Gamildien scored the first goal for Royal AM in the 52nd minute, then Ntuli tied it up for AmaZulu in the 87th minute squeezing out at least the one point for AmaZulu. AmaZulu is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Sep 10th, AmaZulu hosted Chippa United at the King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium in their last match together. Chippa United took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Roscoe Pietersen scored the first goal for Chippa United in the 7th minute on a penalty, then Azola Matrose added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Elmo Kambindu.
Sede Junior Dion has been the most prolific scorer on AmaZulu in the last five matches with two goals. Etiosa Godspower Ighodaro has been the most prolific scorer on Chippa United in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.