Marumo Gallants FC

Match report

Marumo Gallants drew 2-2 with Polokwane City in the Premier Social League's fifth round at Stadium Royal Bafokeng on Thursday. The result keeps both sides in the lower half of the table, though it shifts the balance slightly between them.

Tidimalo Molokwane opened the scoring for the visitors in the third minute, giving Polokwane City an early lead. Marumo Gallants responded through M. Ndlovu in the seventeenth, but Bonginkosi Dlamini restored the visitors' advantage in the twenty-fifth. Lebohang Petrus Nkaki's own goal in the forty-fourth minute then clawed Gallants back into the contest.

By then the game had settled into a rhythm both teams understood. Ndamulelo Rodney Maphangule came on for the hosts in the twenty-first, and the substitutions that followed at half-time — Raymond Daniels and Ayanda Ngwenya — changed the shape of the match. And here's the thing about that period: three yellow cards in quick succession around the break told you the tension was building.

The second half saw both sides make changes. Juan Adrian Mutudza and T. Dhludhlu arrived for Marumo Gallants in the fifty-ninth, while M. Ndlovu and M. Seketso were withdrawn together in the sixty-ninth. The game opened up enough for Tlou Nkwe and Etemesi Injili to come on in the eighty-second and eighty-fifth respectively.

Marumo Gallants dominated possession at sixty-five per cent and registered four shots on target against three for their visitors. Shots accuracy tells you the story — Gallants hit twenty-nine per cent of their attempts while Polokwane City reached fifty per cent. The hosts created one big chance each, but the result came from moments rather than volume.

Marumo Gallants remain fifteenth with a single point from five matches, while Polokwane City move to eleventh with five points from four games. The draw ends neither side's run of results dramatically, but it gives the visitors a slight edge in the table.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 65 – 35

Shots on target 4 – 3

Shots off target 7 – 1

Big chances 1 – 1

⚽ 3' Tidimalo Molokwane — Goal ⚽ 17' M. Ndlovu — Goal ⇄ 21' Ndamulelo Rodney Maphangule — Substitution ⚽ 25' Bonginkosi dlamini — Goal 🟨 27' Raymond Daniels — Yellow card ⚽ 44' Lebohang Petrus Nkaki — Own goal ⇄ 45' Ayanda Ngwenya — Substitution ⇄ 45' Raymond Daniels — Substitution 🟨 45+2' Mlungisi Sikakane — Yellow card ⇄ 59' Juan Adrian Mutudza — Substitution ⇄ 59' T. Dhludhlu — Substitution ⇄ 69' M. Ndlovu — Substitution ⇄ 69' M. Seketso — Substitution 🟨 73' Surprise Semangele Manthosi — Yellow card ⇄ 82' Tlou Nkwe — Substitution ⇄ 85' Etemesi Injili — Substitution 🟨 85' Banele Mnguni — Yellow card

Match events

3' Polokwane City Goal Tidimalo Molokwane
17' Marumo Gallants FC Goal M. Ndlovu assist: M. Seketso
21' Polokwane City Substitution Ndamulelo Rodney Maphangule off: Monty Batlhabane
25' Polokwane City Goal Bonginkosi dlamini assist: Juan Adrian Mutudza
27' Polokwane City Yellow card Raymond Daniels
44' Marumo Gallants FC Own goal Lebohang Petrus Nkaki
45' Polokwane City Substitution Ayanda Ngwenya off: Lindokuhle Mathebula
45' Polokwane City Substitution Raymond Daniels off: Tlou Nkwe
45+2' Marumo Gallants FC Yellow card Mlungisi Sikakane
59' Polokwane City Substitution Juan Adrian Mutudza off: Banele Mnguni
59' Marumo Gallants FC Substitution T. Dhludhlu off: Katlego Otladisa
69' Marumo Gallants FC Substitution M. Ndlovu off: Onke Moletshe
69' Marumo Gallants FC Substitution M. Seketso off: M. Mphambaniso
73' Polokwane City Yellow card Surprise Semangele Manthosi
82' Polokwane City Substitution Tlou Nkwe off: G. Philander
85' Marumo Gallants FC Substitution Etemesi Injili off: Thabiso Kutumela
85' Polokwane City Yellow card Banele Mnguni

Statistics

65 Possession, % 35

4 Shots on target 3

7 Shots off target 1

1 Big chances 1

121 Attacks 90

4 Corners 2

9 Fouls 19

17 Free kicks 10

0 Offsides 3

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 15

34 Throw-ins 31

All statistics

14/3145% Aerial duels 16/3152%

63 Backward passes 25

3 Blocked shots 2

36 Clearances 34

2/1911% Crosses 1/911%

7/1839% Dribbles 2/1118%

97 Failed passes 106

1 Goalkeeper saves 3

10 Interceptions 16

11 Key passes 5

22/6832% Long passes 18/6727%

113 Passes into the final third 31

293 Passes in the opposition half 167

156 Passes in own half 77

0.29 Shot accuracy 0.50

11 Shots from outside the box 3

3 Shots inside the box 3

8/1267% Tackles 6/1638%

430 Total passes 235

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
30	Emile Lako	30
3	Siphosakhe Ntiya-Ntiya	3
13	Sibusiso Nkuba	13
37	N. Ralenkoane	37
44	Mlungisi Mxolisi Sikakane	44
5	Diala Edgar Manaka	5
11	Tapelo Dhludlu	11
15	Ndabayithethwa Phillip Ndlondlo	15
18	Msindisi Ndlovu	18
27	M. Seketso	27
31	Etemesi Injili	31

Substitutes
#	Player	number
16	K. Mlambo	16
4	Bheki Mabudza	4
22	Mbhazima Tshepo Rikhotso	22
8	Simo Mbhele	8
9	Onke Moletshe	9
10	Monde Mphambaniso	10
12	Katlego Otladisa	12
24	Yanga Madibo	24
93	Thabiso Simon Kutumela	93

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Polokwane City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
60	Ayanda Ngwenya	60
5	Mfo Mvundela	5
27	M. Modise	27
34	Lebokhang Petrus Nkaki	34
42	Surprise Mantosi	42
14	Ndamulelo Rodney Maphangule	14
17	Bonginkosi Dlamini	17
20	Raymond Daniels	20
21	Manuel Nhanga Kambala	21
36	J. Mutudza	36
44	T. Molokwane	44

Substitutes
#	Player	number
40	Lindokuhle Mathebula	40
3	Tlou Nkwe	3
25	Keorapetse Sebone	25
48	A. Mashele	48
18	G. Philander	18
22	Edwin Ramadja	22
35	B. Mnguni	35
47	Monty Batlhahane	47

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