Ajax kickoff new season against Supersport United
Ajax Cape Town start their 2012/2013 campaign with a home game at the Cape Town Stadium against Supersport United on the second weekend of August 2012.
The draw for the Premier Division fixtures for the 2012/2013 season was conducted at the offices of the PSL yesterday under the under the watchful eye of auditors KPMG, who declared it free of outside influence.
The Urban Warriors welcome Supersport United to Cape Town at the start of the season again, and they will be looking for a similar result when they achieved a 5-2 win over the Pretorians at the start of the 2011/2012 season on August 05, 2011.
Head to head Ajax and Supersport are evenly matched with Ajax having the edge with a 9-8 home-game win ratio.
This game will have an added zest as Supersport United have a number of Capetonians in their squad starting on the bench with their coach Gavin Hunt, Franklin Cale, Mario Booysen, Ricardo Katza, Bryce Moon, Danleigh Borman, Sameehg Doutie, Lyle Lackay and Ashley Hartog. Add to this list players who have played for Ajax Cape Town but are not from Cape Town Dipsy Selolwane and Mabhudi Khenyeza, all these factors will add spice to this encounter.
Both teams are set to add players to their squads before the start of the new season, making for an exciting game for local fans.
The date and time of the game is yet to be finalized and ajaxct.com will release all the information as soon as possible.
2012/13 Premiership opening weekend August 10/11/12, 2012:
Platinum Stars vs Moroka Swallows
AmaZulu vs Kaizer Chiefs
Ajax Cape Town vs SuperSport United
Orlando Pirates vs Golden Arrows
University of Pretoria vs Maritzburg United
Mamelodi Sundowns vs Play-off Winner
Black Leopards vs Bloemfontein Celtic
Free State Stars vs BidVest Wits
Just can't wait for the season to start. Hope we'll have a much better season, especially with the away games. Defence need to be solidify and we need strikers who can clinically finished. Good luck Ajax Urban warrior for life. AHHOOOO