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The first 45 minutes saw Stars starved of possession as they often gifted the ball to the home side with some poor passing.
Free State simply looked like a side that hadn’t played a competitive match for three weeks and rightly so were a little ring rusty.
Wits on the other hand played some good football and stroked the ball around the park nicely. However, despite their domination of the game the Students couldn’t find the right pass in the final third of the field that would result in a decent goal scoring chance.
Free State did start brightly though and had a couple of chances on goal in the opening five minutes, but their shooting was poor and their efforts went well wide of the target. That was about as good as it got for them in the opening half.
Wits soon took control of the match and found the game’s opening goal in the 23rd minute. Stanton Fredericks whipped an inviting free-kick into the box and Junaid Mashamaite rose highest to powerfully head the ball past a stranded Kennedy Mweene, 1-0.
Besides from the opening goal there was not much other goal-mouth action.
That, however, was not the case in the second stanza as Free State tried to find their way back into the game. Matome Madimabe made their intentions clear with a shot in the 48th minute that went inches wide of the target.
Ten minutes later and Kingston Nkhatha nearly drew his side level meeting a Molemo Moholo cross with a strong header that just sailed over the crossbar.
As the game progressed Stars pressed forward more and more while Wits were virtually non-existent in the second half.
Still, a moment of brilliance from Aviwe Langwe in the 88th minute
guaranteed victory for his team when he scored the second goal of the
game.
Langwe found the back of the net with a wonder strike from about 20-yards out that flew past Mweene into the top right-hand corner, 2-0.
That is the way the match ended as Wits picked up the three points and maintained their unbeaten home record.
