The rescheduled fixture will be played tonight at the same venue at Cape Town Stadium. The last time the teams met in a cup fixture was in the quarterfinal of the MTN8 in the 2020-21 season, the Buccaneers came out victorious with a 1-0 win at Orlando Stadium, courtesy of a Terrence Dzvukamanja’s first-half strike. Orlando Pirates as the defending champions look to get a positive result in this 1st leg tie to take back to Soweto for the 2nd leg.
Orlando Pirates is coming on the back of an impressive 4-0 win against Disciples in the CAF Champions League. The Buccaneers look to maintain the momentum, they have firepower in the likes of Tshegofatso Mabasa, Evidence Magkopa, Relebohile Mofokeng and the exciting Patrick Maswanganyi.
This will not be an easy fixture for Orlando Pirates as Cape Town City has beefed up their squad with the likes of Haashim Domingo, and Fortune Makaringe, the latter will want to prove a point after being offloaded by the Buccaneers. On the other hand, exciting Buccaneers new signing Angolan forward Gilberto will be looking to make his long-awaited debut tonight.
Orlando Pirates has won the last 3 fixtures against Cape Town City, Buccaneers will look to make it four straight wins. Cape Town City will look to capitalize on the home advantage and the fans should expect an entertaining match considering both teams play an exciting brand of football.
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Orlando Pirates have won the last 3 matches against Cape Town City
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