Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter has stated that Erick Mathoho and Lebogang Manyama suffered injuries ahead of Amakhosi’s match against Chippa United.
The Glamour Boys will be keen to pick up three points in their attempts to finish in second place this campaign and qualify for the CAF Champions League again.
They will face Kurt Lentjies’ Chilli Boys at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday afternoon, but suffered a few injury problems building up to the game.
“We’ve lost Tower (Erick Mathoho) this week. He twisted his ankle blocking a shot,” Baxter told the club’s media department.
“Lebogang Manyama broke down with his knees, it’s cartilage trouble and that’s going to keep him out for a while.
“Cole Alexander has come back; he’s been training for about 10 days. He played in an internal practice game and came through it okay, so he’s available.
“Leonardo Castro is not available but is back in full training.
“S’fiso Hlanti had a bit of a setback, but that’s the way it is with Achilles. The scar tissue causes some problems and it feels like he’s damaged it, but he hasn’t, it’s just scar tissue. But he’s got to go back seven days and then start again.
“That’s the nature of the beast with this injury. But apart from that, we’ve got just about everybody fit.”
Chiefs enter the game on 35 points, while Chippa have collected 21 so far.
