Kaizer Chiefs' season in the Betway Premiership is in danger of another disappointing finish based on the club's struggles to avoid conceding.
Chiefs have found themselves sinking into a negative goal aggregate after conceding five goals in the last two games.
Amakhosi have scored 21 and conceded 24 in 19 games.
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This has also left them with the third-worst defensive record in the league, raising concerns about Nasreddine Nabi's work in the club's defensive structure.
They have only been able to keep a clean sheet in the league only thrice in 19 matches.
Those three clean sheets came against Chippa United (1-0), Sekhukhune United (1-0), and Stellenbosch FC (1-0).
Worth noting is that Chiefs have only been able to win two games in a row in the league only once – this was in the first two matches of the season against Marumo Gallants and AmaZulu FC.
This provides the proof of just how much Nabi's tenure has been devoid of consistency and at the rate at which they have been moving, there is little to suggest a huge improvement this season.
Amakhosi have finished with a negative goal aggregate in three of the last four seasons, which were all underwhelming and led to a change of coaches.
Gavin Hunt finished in position eight on 36 points with a minus three goal difference and was sacked at the end of that 2020/21 season.
Arthur Zwane was then handed the task of leading for the 2022/23 campaign and after a minus one goal difference and a fifth-place finish, he was demoted and subsequently left.
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It got worse last season with Molefi Ntseki and Cavin Johnson as Chiefs went down to a minus five goal difference, which contributed to their 10th-place finish.
As it stands, the Soweto giants are already only playing for a top eight finish with the title out of sight with 11 games left.