Sowetan

SPOTLIGHT

Sat 24 Oct S10 V3

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M1 Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns: Rollercoas­ter start to the new league season between the winner and runner-up in the last campaign. Both clubs have employed new coaches for this campaign.

M2 Baroka FC v Maritzburg United: Baroka suspended their coach Dylan Kerr during the pre-season preparatio­ns. Maritzburg have won five of the eight past meetings between the two clubs, losing two and drawing one.

M3 Bloemfonte­in Celtic v Lamontvill­e Golden Arrows: Celtic upset Sundowns in the MTN8 last Sunday. Golden Arrows start the new season with a new coach in Mandla Ncikazi.

M4 Fulham v Cr ystal Palace: Fulham collected their first point of the English Premier League season away at SheffieldU­nited last weekend. Since beating Manchester United away last month, Palace have picked up just one point from three games.

M5 Barcelona v Real Madrid: Both Spanish gia nts s uffered humiliatin­g defeats in LaLiga action last weekend with Real Madrid going on t o lose again in Champions League midweek.

Real’s 2-0 win in t he last “Clasico” in March ended a r un of seven games without success against the Catalans.

M6 Cape Town City v Chippa Unit

ed: City have a game under their belt after losing at Pirates last Saturday, but Chippa st art afresh with a new-look squad.

M7 Manchester United v C helsea: Chelsea’s last trip to Old Trafford ended in a 4-0 defeat. But they did win the last game between the two clubs in July’s FA Cup semi-final.

M8 Ama Zulu v Orland o Pirates: AmaZulu unveiled 10 new players on Monday. Pirates are unbeaten in their last 10 meetings with AmaZulu.

M9 SuperSport United v Black Leopards: I n 16 past meetin gs between these two clubs, there have been six wins apiece and four draws.

M10 Liverpool v Sheffield United:

Liverpool had gone three games without a win before beating Ajax away in Champions League on Wednesday. Sheffieldh­ave a sin gle point f rom their opening five games of the new Premier League season.

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