Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Cup · Midfielder · #0 · South Africa · 26 yrs
Sizwe Sithole is a midfielder. Sizwe Sithole is a represents South Africa, 26 years old, midfielder. Sizwe Sithole was born in South Africa on 1999-02-08. Sizwe Sithole's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across Cup. Sizwe Sithole's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Sizwe Sithole season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
Midfielder · #0
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2024 |  Kruger United |
| 2021 |  Ts Sporting |
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | Transfer | Kruger United |  Upington City |
Season intelligence
Profile as Midfielder: balanced output without a single dominant trait. Archetype: Balanced contributor.
Scaled 0–99 from season output — map to fantasy, comparisons, or scouting cards.
Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
Every tracked category for this league and season, grouped by Sportra.
Miguel Almirón’s dismissal was unusual but there’s nothing new about players losing their cool on the biggest stageAfter a fairly pedestrian first half of the opening match of the 2026 World Cup, the game burst into life in the second period. South Africa midfielder Sphephelo Sithole, who had been at fault for Mexico’s opening goal, compounded his error by being sent off in the 49th minute for denying a goalscoring opportunity. When Themba Zwane was dismissed, South Africa became the 15th team to have two players sent off in the same World Cup match.There was time for one more red card before full-time, the Mexico centre-back César Montes seeing red in stoppage time and following in the footsteps of his manager, Javier Aguirre, who was sent off while playing for Mexico in the 1986 quarter-final against West Germany in Monterrey. Continue reading...
And we are off. Three red cards including a VAR intervention. Two goals for co-hosts Mexico in the Estadio Azteca. One nightmare start for South Africa midfielder Yaya Sithole. And an emotional first World Cup goal for Raul Jimenez at the age of 35.
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