Orlando Pirates look to bounce back against Magesi FC after a heavy defeat earlier this season, as they aim to secure a vital win in their last match of the year.
Boitumelo Radiopane of Orlando Pirates celebrates scoring against Marumo Gallants in an 8-1 demolition of the Blomefontein-based club earlier this week. | BackpagePix Orlando Pirates will be at their destructive best when they meet the reigning Carling Knockout champions, Magesi FC, in a Betway Premiership fixture on Sunday afternoon at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
In their last meeting, Magesi defeated Pirates 3-2 in the opening round of the Carling Knockout in mid-October. Magesi stunned the Orlando Stadium faithful that day after they ran up a 3-0 half-time lead.Later, Magesi followed up with another giant-killing act by defeating the star-studded Mamelodi Sundowns in the Carling Knockout final. A consolation for Pirates will be the absence of the Magesi mastermind Clinton Larsen, who has surprisingly resigned.
Sunday's match will be Pirates' last match of the year and a victory will allow them to stay in the race for Premiership honours, along with pace-setters Mamelodi Sundowns, who head the latest standings by three points. However, the Brazilians have played one game more than Pirates. Pirates coach José Riveiro was keen to field the player but after the pre-match warm-up session, Makgopa was withdrawn in favour of the striker Tshegofatso Mabasa, who scored a hat-trick in the 8-1 victory. Riveiro could start with Makgopa and Mabasa and leave Mohau Nkota on the substitutes' bench.
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