On Fri Jan 27th, Stellenbosch and Cape Town City will play a match in Cape Town in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams in the anticipated Stellenbosch derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, 15th placed Stellenbosch, recorded a 1-4 loss against Orlando Pirates. Thabang Monare scored the first goal for Orlando Pirates in the 7th minute, then Innocent Maela added another in the 22nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 7th placed Cape Town City is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against TS Galaxy. Taariq Fielies scored the first goal for Cape Town City in the 88th 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 TS Galaxy couldn’t manage to score, and Cape Town City took the shutout win. Cape Town City is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Aug 20th, Cape Town City hosted Stellenbosch at the Cape Town Stadium in their last match together. Cape Town City and Stellenbosch battled to a 1-1 draw. Darwin González Mendoza struck first for Cape Town City in the 42nd minute, then Júnior Mendieta tied it up for Stellenbosch in the 73rd minute on a feed from Fawaaz Basadien squeezing out at least the one point for Stellenbosch.
Thabo Nodada and Mani are the top scorers for Cape Town City in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Stellenbosch’s most prolific scorer has been Júnior Mendieta. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.