Kaizer Chiefs have reached a third of the way through the DStv Premiership season and to say it has been a difficult campaign to date would be an understatement.
They are already onto their second coach and have taken only 11 points from those 10 games, their second worst tally at this stage of the campaign in the last decade.
We compare this year’s start to how they fared in the last 10 years after their opening 10 matches.
2013/14
Points: 18
Final position: 2nd
Chiefs had a few early seasons set-backs that included a 3-1 loss to SuperSport United and draws with Moroka Swallows and Bloemfontein Celtic, but they bounced back to at one stage hold a 10-point lead in the title race, only to finish second behind Sundowns.
2014/15
Points: 28
Final position: 1st
The perfect start as Chiefs won nine of their first 10 games (D1) and would go on to romp to the title. They already held an 11-point lead at the top of the table after 10 games. It was as emphatic a title victory as they have had in their history. Coach Stuart Baxter left at the end of this campaign when his contract was not renewed.
2015/16
Points: 17
Final position: 5th
Steve Komphela took over the reins and went unbeaten in his first eight games, though with three wins and five draws, before a 3-1 loss to Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates meant he suffered a heart-breaking first defeat in his ninth encounter. Chiefs would end the season fifth having drawn 13 of their 30 games.
2016/17
Points: 15
Final position: 4th
Chiefs sat on top of the table after seven games of the campaign, though that did include a loss to eventual champions BidVest Wits in their opener. They could not sustain it and were ultimately undone by too many draws in the season with 11, finishing 10
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