26 Nov 2014
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26 Nov 2014
***OTHER PSL FULL TIME SCORES***
Ajax Cape Town 1 - 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
Black Aces 1 - 2 Bidvest Wits
Chippa United 1 - 0 Free State Stars
Martizburg United 1 - 2 Moroka Swallows
26 Nov 2014
***FULL TIME MATCH STATS***
AmaTuks Pirates
1 Shots on 5
1 Shots off 4
3 Corners 8
3 Offsides 2
6 Fouls 4
0 Yellow 1
26 Nov 2014
***FULL TIME***
AmaTuks 0 - 0 Pirates
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90' +1 - AmaTuks substitution. Maruping replaces Mosadi.
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89' - Pirates bashing at the door now as chances fall for Erasmus and Manyisa but the AmaTuks defence holds firm.
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87' - AmaTuks substitution. Zwane on for Nyondo.
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86' - A long throw by Gcaba leads to another chance for Pirates, but Sarr's shot is well blocked by the AmaTuks defence.
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84' - Kekana has a free header from the resulting corner kick, but he cannot connect properly. Good chance there for AmaTuks.
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83' - AmaTuks with a chance now as they have a corner after Mhlongo punches away.
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81' - Arubi punches the Pirates corner kick away, he perhaps could have caught that.
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81' - Makola lets fly from outside the big box, it was on target but an outstretched leg by an AmaTuks defender sends it wide of goal for a corner.
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80' - Pirates pushing for a winner. Gabuza with fresh legs finds space on the right, but his cross is well cleared by the AmaTuks defence.
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78' - Pirates substitution. Rakhale is replaced by Gabuza.
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75' - First yellow of the night goes to Gcaba of Pirates, who is booked for a late challenge.
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72' - Rakhale gets into space on the right in behind the AmaTuks defence. He rolls a ball across the face of goal but Makola can't make a connection. Another good chance for Pirates is wasted.
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70' - Twenty minutes left for one of these teams to find a goal.
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68' - Pirates substitution. Makola replaces Klate. Erasmus replaces Bacela.
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66' - Rakhale does well to chase down a ball down the right, he gets a good cross in but the AmaTuks defence clears again.
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65' - Pirates again dominating the possession stakes this half, they have had 65% of the ball.
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Rain falling quite heavily now...
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62' - Tempo increasing as Pirates launch an extended period of attacks but the AmaTuks defence is equal to the task.
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58' - Pirates with another great chances as the AmaTuks defence opens up for Nyauza but he can only manage to shoot straight at Arubi.
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57' - Kekana again with the attacking threat down the left for AmaTuks, but his shot is blocked by the Pirates defence. He has had a very solid game.
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54' - AmaTuks substitution. Ketjijere replaces Nkwana.
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52' - Free kick to Pirates as Kekana scythes down Baclela on the right hand side just outside the big box. Klate stands over it. Poor free kick as the ball goes out of play.
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50' - The corner from Klate is punched clear by Arubi in the AmaTuks goal.
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50' - Klate attacks down the left and he swings in a cross which is cleared for a corner by the AmaTuks defence.
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47' - AmaTuks with the first real chance of the second half as Mnyamane gets in behind the Pirates defence. Mhlongo in the Pirate goal does very well to save his shot. The striker should have done better, but it was a great save by the Buccaneers shot stopper.
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46' - Early corner to Pirates, Klate swings it in, but the ref blows for a foul by Myeni.
26 Nov 2014
***SECOND HALF UNDERWAY***
Can Pirates make their dominance count in this half?
26 Nov 2014
***OTHER PSL HALF TIME SCORES***
Ajax Cape Town 1 - 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
Black Aces 1 - 2 Bidvest Wits
Chippa United 0 - 0 Free State Stars
Martizburg United 1 - 0 Moroka Swallows
26 Nov 2014
***HALF TIME MATCH STATS***
AmaTuks Pirates
1 Shots on target 2
0 Shots off target 3
1 Corners 1
2 Offsides 2
3 Fouls 1
26 Nov 2014
Pirates with much of the possession in the first half with Myeni, Klate, Sarr and Phungwayo prominent for the Buccaneers. Bacela has the best chance of the half for Pirates, but somehow managed to shoot wide from 5 meters out.
AmaTuks have had some decent attacks down the left through Kekana.
26 Nov 2014
***HALF TIME***
AmaTuks 0 - 0 Pirates
26 Nov 2014
45' - Another good chance to Pirates but Rakhale's cross from the right, intended for Bacela is comfortably taken by an alert Arubi in goal for AmaTuks.
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42' - Pirate launch another attack but Rakhale strayed offside. Tight call by the linesman.
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40' - AmaTuks with a long ball in for Nyondo but the Pirates defence deal with it easily.
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36' - Another Pirates attack breaks down. AmaTuks are getting numbers behind the ball and frustrating the Buccaneers.
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35' - Ten minutes remaining in the first half, both teams still looking for a breakthrough. Pirates have had the better chances.
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32' - Free kick to Pirates at Myeni is fouled on the right hand side of the big box by Kekana. Klate stands over the ball for Pirates, but he blasts it straight into the wall.
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26' - Kekane with another attack down the left for AmaTuks but Sarr dispossesses him. Most of the AmaTuks attacks are down the left through Kekane.
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23' - Pirates with all the pressure at the moment. Klate this time from the left, he pulls the ball back to Myeni who had taken up a position just outside the big box. He shoots just over the bar.
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21' - Another great chance for Pirates as Phungwayo does brilliantly down the left and gets a cross in right into the path of Rakhale but he blasts over the bar.
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20' - Pirates with 65% of the possession so far in the first half.
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17' - AmaTuks with a great attack down the left by Kekana but his pass goes behind all the AmaTuks players waiting in the box. Strong run however by Kekana.
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16' - Pirates deal easily with the corner and break quickly but Myeni puts a little to much on a pass to the left which goes out of play.
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16' - Corner to AmaTuks, can they take advantage of it.