After another disillusioning season for Kaizer Chiefs, we take a look at the team’s scoring charts for the 2018/19 Absa Premiership campaign and see which players pulled their weight and who did not, while the details show how dependent Chiefs have been on Khama Billiat.
Amakhosi hit the back of the net 64 times out of 47 matches this season. In the PSL, Amakhosi scored only 33 goals in 30 matches averaging a goal a match.
Strikers Khama Billiat, Leonardo Castro and Bernard Parker scored only 11 goals altogether in the PSL.
Ryan Moon and Gustavo Paez both have only one goal each for the whole season. While marquee signing Lebogang Manyama also scored just once.
Khama Billiat is the side’s top scorer with 14 goals to his name. 5 of those goals have been in the PSL, with 5 in the CAF Confederations Cup, with 4 in domestic cup rivalries. Castro is the most regular contributor for the Zimbabwean, with 3 goals assisted. Their science looked great from the get-go, yet they attempted to consolidate as the crusade went on.
The Glamour Boys have had ten goals scored by their defenders, with Mphahlele (3), Cardoso (4 – all punishments) and Siyabonga Ngezana (2) and Kgoto Moleko (1). Chiefs had 19 distinct players score a goal over the season altogether.
Khama Billiat (12) and Leonardo Castro (9) lead the assistance charts, as they do the scoring outlines. Bernard Parker additionally has 9 assists, as he flourishes in a wide forward job under Middendorp, likewise including 9 “second assists”, which means he played the pass before the last pass was made.
Kaizer Chiefs have seen 17 unique players contribute a help over the side’s 64 goals scored. 17 of those 56 goals have been scored with build-up play – sorted out, persistent assaults where the defenders are included – 30% of the team’s aggregate. 30 of the side’s 64 goals originated from transitional play – either counter assaults or from winning the ball in the resistance half.
Top scorers (all competitions):
Khama Billiat – 14
Leonardo Castro – 9
Hendrick Ekstein – 5
Top assists (all competitions):
Khama Billiat – 12
Leonardo Castro – 9
Bernard Parker – 9
Most goal contributions (goals + assists):
Khama Billiat – 26
Leonardo Castro – 18
Bernard Parker – 12