Chiefs win PSL Q-Innovation Quarter One
Log leaders Kaizer Chiefs have won the 2019/20 Absa Premiership Q-Innovation Quarter One – the first quarter victory by Amakhosi in four seasons.
Kaizer Chiefs team picture (back row l-r) Daniel Akpeyi, Leonardo Castro, Yagan Sasman, Erick Mathoho, Willard Katsande, Lebogang Manyama (front row l-r) Reeve Frosler, Khama Billiat, Bernard Parker, Kearyn Baccus and Daniel Cardoso (Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix)
Chiefs have not won a quarter since 2014/15 season – which happens to be the last time Amakhosi claimed the Absa Premiership title. In that season, the Glamour Boys won both Quarter One and Quarter Four.
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This season, they claim the top spot with 19 points from eight fixtures – two points clear of close rivals, Mamelodi Sundowns, who finished second in the quarter with 17 points from the same number of matches.
Each side that wins a Quarter gets R1,5 million in prize money. Quarter One consists of 8 fixtures, Quarter Two of 7 fixtures, Quarter Three of 8 fixtures, and Quarter Four of 7 fixtures.
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