Kaizer Chiefs: Here is Khama Billiat’s record against Orlando Pirates

Kaizer Chiefs’ Khama Billiat has been the club’s best attacking footballer this season after scoring and assisting goals for fun.

SOWETO DERBY: ORLANDO PIRATES VS KAIZER CHIEFS, SATURDAY 5 MARCH

You can just easily imagine the Pirates coaches this week calling Billiat’s name at training while preparing the defence.

While the 31-year-old Zimbabwean has been top class this season, what does his record look like against Orlando Pirates, including his times with Ajax Cape Town and Mamelodi Sundowns?

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According to the numbers, Billiat has faced Bucs 22 times. 11 of those games were victories, including three draws and eight defeats.

Individually, the Kaizer Chiefs star has seven goals and seven assists in the 22 games.

Will Billiat find some more goals this Saturday? The numbers tell us he is most likely.

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STUART BAXTER CONFIRMS HIS NUMBER ONE KEEPER BEFORE THE SOWETO DERBY

In other updates, Stuart Baxter has assured Amakhosi fans who his current first-choice goalkeeper is.

As we’ve seen in the past three seasons, Itumeleng Khune is no longer Amakhosi’s number one goalkeeper, it’s obviously tough to take for Khune’s biggest fans.

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While the likes of Daniel Akpeyi and Bruce Bvuma have stepped up in the past three seasons, the Ajax Cape Town academy product Brandon Petersen has truly arrived this season.

So, who is Baxter sticking with in goal at this moment and in the near future? 

“The goalkeeper situation has not changed. The goalkeeper situation is that we’re very lucky that we have four goalkeepers who are competing very hard,” Baxter said as per iDiskiTimes. Read the full story here.

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