DStv Premiership Weekend Wrap: Sundowns Keep Winning While Chiefs Lose Again

• Mamelodi Sundowns top the table after they continued their unbeaten start to the new season
• Kaizer Chiefs are yet to win in the league after three games and fans are tired of Molefi Ntseki
• SuperSport United climbed to second in the DStv Premiership after beating Cape Town City 1-0

Another exciting weekend of DStv Premiership action has come to an end.

With Orlando Pirates busy with CAF Champions League commitments, the Buccaneers had to watch on as their Soweto rivals failed to win and the reigning champs continued their dominant ways.

Sports Brief looks at how the action unfolded in the league and who the biggest winners were.

Sundowns remain unbeaten this season

The Brazilians are looking to win their seventh league title in a row and are on the right track. As noted by Sowetan LIVE, Sundowns beat Chippa United 2-0 to make it four wins out of four.

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Aubrey Modiba opened the scoring before a Justice Chabalala-own goal condemned Morgan Mammila’s side to defeat.

Ntseki’s Chiefs reign hits rough patch

While Sundowns are flying high, the same can’t be said for Kaizer Chiefs. The Amakhosi are yet to pick up a win in the league and are already 11 points behind the log leaders.

Chiefs suffered their second defeat of the season when they were beaten 1-0 by TS Galaxy, News24 reported. After the game, fans turned on Molefi Ntseki, throwing objects at the Amakhosi boss.

SuperSport United go second

Gavin Hunt’s return as SuperSport United boss was an inspired decision. Not only did they finish third last season, they are on track to put on another good showing this season.

As noted by The South African, Matsatsantsa a Pitori moved up to second on the league table after they beat Cape Town City.

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Polokwane defeat fellow returnees

Polokwane City and Cape Town Spurs were promoted to the league at the end of last season, with the former winning the Motsepe Foundation Championship and the latter earning qualification through the promotion/ relegation play-offs.

City got the best of Spurs again, this time in the top flight, as they beat them 3-1, reported Soccer Laduma.

There was also a big win for Stellenbosch FC as they beat Royal AM 3-1.

Here’s how the top five of the table look after the weekend’s action.

Chiefs fans throw objects at Ntseki

Sports Brief also reported on furious Chiefs fans pelting Ntseki with objects after the Amakhosi lost another game in the DStv Premiership this season.

The embattled team were defeated by TS Galaxy after a Brandon Peterson-own goal in the second half, leaving Chiefs without a win in three games.