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Duba Hat-Trick Sends Kaizer Chiefs Into Carling Knockout Quarter-Finals

The three-goal display offers a timely morale boost for the club after their recent CAF Confederation Cup exit.

Overview

  • Wandile Duba scored all three goals in the second half to give Kaizer Chiefs a 3-0 win over TS Galaxy at FNB Stadium on Tuesday night.
  • Duba opened the scoring in the 48th minute, tapped in the rebound after Mfundo Vilakazi’s penalty was saved in the 63rd minute, and completed the hat-trick in the 66th minute.
  • Kaizer Chiefs named Duba their Carling Man of the Match and published the full-time scoreline on the club’s channels.
  • TS Galaxy’s goalkeeper Melusi Mathebula was forced off through injury late in the game and was replaced by Sipho Maseti with about ten minutes remaining.
  • OptaJabu reported that this is the first League Cup hat-trick by a Chiefs player in the PSL era, a statistic being circulated alongside coverage of the result and its immediate lift for the squad.