Orlando Pirates will be determined to return to winning ways when they travel to TS Galaxy for a DStv Premiership encounter on Monday afternoon.
Pirates will be chasing a league double over the Rockets after securing a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture. Galaxy will be fighting for their lives, as they are precariously lying second-from-bottom on the log, five points ahead of bottom side Baroka and equal on points with 14th-placed Swallows, who have a superior goal difference. As a result, Pirates trail second-placed Royal AM by five points and third-placed Cape Town City by four points in fourth position on the log and will be desperate to keep their hopes of going back to Africa alive. However, Sead Ramovic's charges are struggling to put consecutive victories on the board, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Maritzburg the last time out. Orlando Pirates will be determined to return to winning ways when they travel to TS Galaxy for a DStv Premiership encounter on Monday afternoon. The Rockets, meanwhile, have steadily improved their results, with only one loss in their last five matches.
Take a look at how both TS Galaxy and Orlando Pirates have opted to lineup for today's crucial DStv Premiership clash below!
โThey are fighting relegation so they are going for the maximum points as well. The Buccaneers currently sit in fourth place on the DStv Premiership log standings, five points behind second placed Royal AM. Orlando Pirates were subsequently found guilty by the PSL during that incident and are currently waiting to receive their punishment.
TS Galaxy claimed a 1-0 win over Orlando Pirates at the Mbombela Stadium on Monday afternoon, pushing them three points clear of the DStv Premiership's ...
GOAL rates the performances of Orlando Pirates players following the team's defeat to TS Galaxy in a PSL match on Monday.
Came on at half-time and he was good going forward. Pirates' best chance fell for Dzvukamanja and he failed to hit the target. Deon Hotto - 5.5/10 He was substituted at half-time. However, Maela was a threat from aerial balls in the hosts' box - shaving the crossbar with a header. Shandu pretty much contained the threat of Hlongwane, who only became a threat to the Pirates defence after moving into a central role in the Galaxy attack.
Bandile Shandu of Orlando Pirates takes a tumble in a challenge with Sphiwe Mahlangu of TS Galaxy FC in the DStv Premiership match at Mbombela Stadium in ...
Galaxy will travel to the Mother City to play Cape Town City in their next match on Saturday. Galaxy adopted a cautious approach and looked to hit Pirates on the counter. Baroka have four matches remaining, and 12 points to play for in them, and will look for a win against Lamontville Golden Arrows at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Wednesday to lift their desperate situation.
TS Galaxy survived an Orlando Pirates onslaught to defeat Bucs 1-0 in their DStv Premiership clash at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Monday afternoon.
Galaxy had a scoring chance just after the restart when Mbatha passed to Orebotse Mongae, who fired his shot goal-wards but the ball was saved by Bucs keeper Richard Ofori. The closest Pirates came to scoring was when a cross by Deon Hotto, in the 25th minute, was headed towards goal by Innocent Maela but he was denied scoring when the ball hit the crossbar. The only goal of the match was scored by Lefa Hlongwane.
TS Galaxy claimed a 1-0 win over Orlando Pirates at the Mbombela Stadium on Monday afternoon, pushing them three points clear of the DStv Premiership's ...