A late goal from Amr Gamal earned 10-man Bidvest Wits a point as they played out to a 1-1 draw with Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, writes Dylan Appolis.
Steve Komphela’s side came into the encounter after claiming their first win of the campaign when they beat Cape Town City 2-0 at the Cape Town Stadium in midweek action of the Absa Premiership.
In contrast, Gavin Hunt’s side are still in search of their first victory in the PSL, following their shock 3-1 defeat at the hand of Golden Arrows at the Bidvest Stadium.
The Clever Boys got off to a good start and threatened early on as Amr Gamal forced Itumeleng Khune into making a great save to deny the strikers header in the opening exchanges of the match.
Wits had another opportunity to break the deadlock when Granwald Scott unleashed a strike at goal, but Khune was on hand to keep out the midfielder’s goal-bound effort.
At the other end Amakhosi were struggling to create any clear-cut opportunities in the final third as they failed to break down the Wits defence.
Khune came to his side’s rescue in the 36th minute when he produced a double save to deny Daylon Classen and Gamal’s efforts respectively.
The Students were then reduced to 10 men just before the half-time interval after Nazeer Allie was shown a red card for his second bookable offence.
Amakhosi came out with more intent in the second half and opened the scoring in the 53rd minute when Siphiwe Tshabalala found the back of the net with his effort after he was picked out by Kgotso Moleko.
A minute later Vincent Pule nearly equalised for the visitors when he struck the woodwork with his effort from 25 yards out, with Khune only managing to get fingertips to the ball.
Khune came to his side’s rescue once again when he produced a fine save to deny Elias Pelembe’s free kick to keep his side’s lead intact.
However, Wits eventually found the equalising goal in injury time when Gamal found the back of the net with his effort from the edge of the area. Both sides scored a point each at the FNB Stadium.