Kaizer Chiefs will have more worries regarding the consistency in their team selection when they host Chippa United in the DStv Premiership clash over the weekend.
Chiefs have been struggling to keep cleansheets this season and their defence remain a concern despite winning their last three matches.
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Amakhosi have conceded in four consecutive games in the league and left-back Sifiso Hlanti says the goals they have conceded so far, are sloppy goals.
"We've been conceding goals that you can see the opposition team didn't work for, we just give goals away," Hlanti told the media at the club's Naturena village.
"Yes, football is a game of mistakes but it's something that we work on, we will try to rectify that," he said. Amakhosi have already conceded 11 goals in ten league games, which would be a worrying trend for head coach Arthur Zwane.
However, Hlanti believes it is something they can get over as they look to challenge for the league title.
"When you talk about the league, it's a journey, the sign is there, we're fully positive, it's not gonna be an easy one to say we gonna win the league. It's a process, we're positive we gonna try by all means to make things happen," Hlanti added.
Zwane also explained that it's too early to get worried but they need to get their consistency right if they are to challenge for the league title.
"It's still early in the season, we're running our own race, we're taking it one game at the time. We don't want to think about other things," Zwane told the media at the club's training base at the Naturena village.
"Obviously, we still need to fix ourselves, we have to fix a lot of things in terms of the team's performance. Those are very key things.
"The results, because if you're not going to perform, you're not get the results but you need to find a way of how to get the results and the only thing that we need to get right is the consistency. Consistency will produce results for us," he added.
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One of the reasons for conceding too many goals could be that the Glamour Boys are seemingly yet to find a consistent back-four in the line-up, as they recently integrated Edmilson Dove as a left-footed centre-back.
That has meant that Chiefs had a new centre-back pairing and unfortunately, they had to change it again against Stellenbosch, as Zitha Kwinika was suspended and Siyabonga Ngezana was recalled as a replacement.
Zwane has also recently brought back Reeve Frosler at right back, after Dillan Solomons played the majority of the games in that position.
Chiefs will also be without goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune against the Chilli Boys this weekend due an injury he sustained against the Winelands club in the side's last league outing.
All in all, the back-line looks unsettled, with Zwane still trying out different combinations and having a new goalkeeper, could be a concern for the club
, from a defensive point of view.
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