The defending champions are through to the tournament's semi finals.
Orlando Pirates have beat Supersport United 3-1 at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, on Saturday, at the quarter final match of the MTN8 Cup.The MTN8 remains the richest competition in South Africa’s topflight football, considering the number of matches the winners have to play to be crowned champions.
It features the top eight teams in the league from the previous season. With the semifinals played over two legs, it only takes four wins to be crowned champion. Premier Soccer League teams have welcomed the increase of the MTN8 prize money by a whopping R2 million. The winners of the 2024/2025 Cup competition will pocket R10 million, R2 million more than previous payouts to the champions. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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