Durban City Gavin Hunt has identified areas where his team can improve in the Betway Premiership clash against Kaizer chiefs on Friday at Moses Mabhida Stadium (7.30pm). Hunt’s charges suffered back-to-back losses, in the league against AmaZulu and in the Carling Knockout to Richards Bay this past weekend. Hunt says they have to improve their defence as they prepare for Friday’s match against Amakhosi. Most of the goals that they conceded, he feels, could have been avoided.“We just have to look at the next game; we know what we can do and what we can’t do. We obviously need to look at a big game next and we need to be better again,” Hunt said.We need to defend crosses better. We also need to do better in one-on-one defending.— Gavin Hunt, Durban City Coach“Our defending was poor in our last match [against Bay] and we’ve to defend the crosses better. We also need to do better in one-on-one defending. There has been bad defending. It’s not like a lack of playing. We had so many opportunities, but we could not take them.“[In] defending situations, we’ve to be better, especially if we score first and be better out of possession.”With his side out of the Carling Knockout, Hunt doesn’t believe it is a blessing in disguise for them, looking at the number of matches they have been playing in a short space of time, saying he wants to continue playing.“It’s not a blessing in disguise. We want to play more games. We will have a period now where we don’t play for two weeks. It’s disappointing. You want to play more; the more you play, the better.”Durban’s victory will allow them to move up from fourth place in the log table, ahead of Chiefs who have 18 points. Chiefs will be looking to snap their four-match losing streak in the league. The last time they recorded a league win was on August 30 against Golden Arrows.FixturesFriday: Durban v Chiefs, Moses Mabhida (7.30pm); Siwelele v Sekhukhune, Dr Molemela (7.30pm).Saturday: Sundowns v Pirates, Loftus Versfeld (3.30pm); Orbit v Magesi, Olympia (3.30pm); Polokwane v Bay, Old Peter Mokaba (6pm); Chippa v AmaZulu, Buffalo City Sunday: Galaxy v Stellenbosch (Mbombela, 3.30pm); Arrows Marumo King Zwelithini 6pm; Sowetan
2025-10-29 06:30:30
Hunt to shore up Durban’s defence ahead of Chiefs’ visit
