Royal AM look to bring Stellies down to earth

Royal AM will lock horns with a confident Stellenbosch FC side in a DStv Premiership match at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Friday.

Kick-off is at 7:30 pm CAT.

CURRENT FORM

Thwihli Thwahla remain winless this season having succumbed to a 4-2 defeat to Orlando Pirates away on August 8 and they are now winless in their last eight competitive games.

Royal find themselves placed 14th on the DStv Premiership standings with one point from two matches and they will be targeting nothing but a victory when they square off with Stellies.

Meanwhile, Stellenbosch bounced back to winning ways when they defeated SuperSport United 1-0 away in an MTN8 clash on August 13 having lost to Polokwane City before facing Matsatsatsa.

Stellies are currency placed 11th on the DStv Premiership standings with three points from two matches and they will be confident of making it two wins in a row when they face Royal.

TEAM NEWS

Both teams have no suspension concerns and they are yet to report injuries ahead of this encounter.

WHAT WAS SAID?

Royal AM head coach John Maduka

“We came back stronger in the second half [against Pirates…. even defensively, we were very organised. We made so many errors in the first that you won’t survive,” Maduka said.

“After the second goal time was not on our side, but we were still pushing forward and we knew that when we did that we would be open on our side.

"And they managed to get the fourth goal. But we made things difficult for ourselves.”

Stellenbosch head coach Steve Barker

“The result makes the trip [to [Polokwane to face SuperSport] worthwhile, had we not got the result, it would have been tough,” Barker said.

“Project Polokwane would have been a disaster but I’m very pleased and credit must go to the players