Match Preview – BIDVest Wits F.C vs Ajax Cape Town F.C

Date: 13 September 2009

Kick-off: 15h30

Venue: Newlands Stadium

-      Ajax Cape Town will go in search of their first points at home in the 2009/10 Absa Premiership when they host BIDVest Wits at the Newlands Stadium on Sunday afternoon, kick-off 15h30.

-      Ajax may have claimed their first victory in their last outing, an impressive 1-0 win away to defending league champions SuperSport United, but they have suffered two defeats in as many home games this season, going down 1-0 and 2-0 to Orlando Pirates and Santos respectively.

-      Wits have had similar troubles in that they have not won a home game this season either, their last outing was a 1-1 draw at home to Bloemfontein Celtic.

-      However, the Clever Boys are unbeaten away from home in the league. The University-based team drew 2-2 with AmaZulu in their first game of the Absa Premiership and then defeated Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in Orlando Stadium.

-      And Wits can call on the early pace-setter as far as the race for the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot award is concerned: Calvin Kadi has scored four goals in as many games.

-      The two teams have met on 18 occasions in the league since Ajax’s formation in 1999/2000 and there is nothing to choose between them: each side has won six, drawn six and lost six; scored 16 goals and conceded 16 goals.

-      Ajax have a favourable record at home, having won four matches to Wits’ two. In fact, the Clever Boys have not won a league game against them in Cape Town since the first half of the 2003/04 season.

-      Last term the Urban Warriors claimed a 2-1 victory in the Mother City but the Clever Boys responded by winning the return match in Johannesburg 1-0.

-      Ajax’s line-up from their 1-0 win over SuperSport: Vonk, Davids, Ferreira (Hlatshwayo 47′), Ivanovs, Evans, Doutie, Ngobeni, Selolwane, Cale, Diallo (Serero 46′), Sibisi (Vilakazi 61′).