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Sports News of Saturday, 25 February 2017

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Lawrence Lartey’s Ajax Cape Town chases first win in 2017

Former Ashgold defender Lawrence Lartey Former Ashgold defender Lawrence Lartey

Former Ashgold defender, Lawrence Lartey , will be chasing his first win of the 2017 when his Ajax Cape Town side host Kaiser Chiefs later today. The Cape Town based defender and his beleaguered Urban warriors welcome the Amakhosi in search of their first win at the turn of the year.

Ajax Cape Town endured a torrid time in the PSL with 10 points from their 9 home league games and 19 points in total. The Urban Warriors are however without a win in 2017, picking their first point in a 1-1 drawn game against Polokwane City on February 18.

The Warriors however welcome an inform Chiefs in search of their first three points in 2017. The statistical board however condemned Ajax to another imminent defeat , having win just 9 of the 35 fixtures against the Amakhosi.

The visitors’ head into the fixture on the back drop of 6 games without defeat and 4 wins in the last 17 away games to Ajax. Chiefs won the first leg 2-0 in Soweto in round one and will be looking to go seven unbeaten when they take to the pitch later in the day.

Lartey has been in and out of the team since his arrival from then Ghanaian champions Ashgold at the end of the 2014/15 season .