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Polokwane City Edges Marumo Gallants in Tense Pietersburg Encounter
Polokwane City secured a 1-0 victory over Marumo Gallants in a tightly contested match played on Sunday, December 15th at 13:30 in the Peter Mokaba Stadium, Pietersburg. The game, part of the round 8 of the 2024 Premier Soccer League season in South Africa, saw M. Ramabu score the only goal of the match in the 20th minute, assisted by T. Nkwe.
The match was characterized by its tense atmosphere, resulting in a total of seven yellow cards being issued. Polokwane City received five cautions, while Marumo Gallants received two. Despite Marumo Gallants enjoying a greater share of possession (56% to 44%), Polokwane City created more goal-scoring opportunities, although with less accuracy (9 shots with 3 on target for Polokwane City versus 15 shots with 1 on target for Marumo Gallants). Marumo Gallants also held a slight corner advantage (4 to 2). The foul count favored Marumo Gallants with 7 fouls to Polokwane City’s 19.
Substitutions marumo gallants: at minute 46 M. Mpambaniso came in and X. Mlambo went out., at minute 46 E. Manaka came in and S. Nhlapho went out., at minute 80 M. Wagaba came in and T. Dhludhlu went out., at minute 80 S. Shai came in and D. Msendami went out.
Substitutions polokwane city: at minute 59 T. R. Letshedi came in and C. Alexander went out., at minute 74 P. Marema came in and O. Appollis went out., at minute 90 F. Baloyi came in and R. Daniels went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Polokwane City
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Marumo Gallants
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