How Amakhosi fared in attack vs SuperSport
Despite Billiat being out injured, Zwane still took the big call to drop Dolly against Gavin Hunt’s inSuperSport form side. That meant a front three of Du Preez, Kgaogelo Sekgota and newly-signed striker BonfilsCaleb Bimenyimana. Chiefs got a very important win and Bimenyimana netted two goals, one from Du Preez’s cutback and another from the penalty spot.
The former Glamour Boys winger set his side up initially in almost a 4-3-2-1 system with Sekgota playing inside right and Du Preez inside left in the half-spaces, just off their tall Burundian striker. In the first 20minutes, odd the set-up didn’t work very well at all. Neither Sekgota nor Du Preez are players who thrive in tight spaces between the lines and they were both giving the ball away, taking poor decisions and looking uncomfortable.
The coach made a smart change after that, getting Sekgota back to his left winger role and he soon after drew a yellow card from Kegan Johannes, meaning the right back was living on borrowed time for the rest of the afternoon. Du Preez moved higher up, playing across the frontline from right to left and devoting much more time to running in-behind the Matsatsantsa back four, which is his strength. When the goal came in the 40th minute, Sekgota was very wide on the left and it was almost a front two. Yusuf Maart slipped in Du Preez down the inside left channel
and the latter squared for the new marksman to finish.
The second goal came from Du Preez running onto Bimenyimana’s pass down the right and squaring into the area. Sekgota had a shot cleared off the line,
but a penalty was given for Maart being pushed in the box. Throughout the match, it was interesting how often Bimenyimana came short with his back to goal rather than stretching play. The stats of the fixture give a picture of Amakhosi’s attacking display. As per Laduma Analytics, Chiefs had 15 shots in the match, their second-highest tally of the season. They produced 2.20 Expected Goals, their highest total of the campaign. However, much of that was due to having a penalty, a very high probability scoring chance (around 75% of spot-kicks are scored).