Mamelodi Sundowns v Kaizer Chiefs: Historical rivalry

Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs first clashed in a league match back in 1983 when the former in their current guise first entered the top- flight.

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Since then the teams have met in 76 league games. Of these Kaizer Chiefs hold sway with 31 wins to Mamelodi Sundowns’ 24. There have been 21 games that have ended in draws.

Kaizer Chiefs have also won more matches against Mamelodi Sundowns since the inception of the PSL in 1996/97, winning 21 of their 52 league clashes in this time. Mamelodi Sundowns have picked up 16 wins in the PSL era, while there have been 15 draws.

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Games between the two teams have thrown up some memorable clashes, most notably perhaps a 4-3 win for Kaizer Chiefs with 10 men in February 2004 at Loftus Versfeld in the 2004/05 season.

In that game Scara Ngobese was sent off and current Kaizer Chiefs coach Arthur Zwane featured.

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Amakhosi have won on their two most recent trips to Loftus Versfeld – scene of Saturday’s match – in 2019/20 and 2020/21.

The latter loss was Mamelodi Sundowns’ only defeat of the 2020/21 campaign.

Kaizer Chiefs’ away loss to Mamelodi Sundowns last season was their only away league loss to them in their last five visits (W3 D1).

The team’s other encounter in the last campaign ended 1-1 at the FNB Stadium.

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