March 5th features a match where Orlando Pirates will host Kaizer Chiefs in a Premier League match in the ever popular Johannesburg derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. 4th placed Orlando Pirates is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Golden Arrows. Neither Orlando Pirates nor Golden Arrows could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Orlando Pirates should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Kaizer Chiefs is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Baroka. Khama Billiat struck first for Kaizer Chiefs in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Sabelo Radebe, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Baroka was frustrated by Kaizer Chiefs’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kaizer Chiefs ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Kaizer Chiefs should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Fnb Stadium, Kaizer Chiefs was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Keagan Dolly struck first for Kaizer Chiefs in the 49th minute, but Mntambo got the equalizer for Orlando Pirates in the 89th minute.
Kaizer Chiefs is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nkosingiphile Nhlakanipho Ngcobo and Billiat each having 2 goals in their last five. Orlando Pirates is fortunate enough to have Peprah in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.