Stuart Baxter (Kaizer Chiefs coach) and Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates coach)

Stuart Baxter (Kaizer Chiefs coach) and Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates coach)

Stuart Baxter and Mandla Ncikazi share SAME message for supporters ahead of Soweto derby

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter and Orlando Pirates co-coach Mandla Ncikazi had the SAME message from supporters ahead of the Soweto derby on Saturday, 6 November.

Stuart Baxter (Kaizer Chiefs coach) and Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates coach)

Stuart Baxter (Kaizer Chiefs coach) and Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates coach)

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter and Orlando Pirates co-coach Mandla Ncikazi had the SAME message from supporters ahead of the Soweto derby on Saturday, 6 November.

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According to iDiskiTimes, both coaches insist that form goes out the window when these two sides clash.

“It doesn’t affect the derby at all. I think this result, win, lose or a draw, the derby, has its own life. That’s my experience of the derbies,” Baxter told reporters,” Baxter expressed.

Chiefs come off the back of a home loss to in-form Stellenbosch FC. Despite this, Baxter that Amakhosi will be a different side in the derby.

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Mandla Ncikazi knows all too well how these two sides bring out the best in one another. Pirates a 2-1 victory over Sekhukhune United on Tuesday evening.

I’m happy that we’ve won today, but in the derby, in such matches there is no form,” Ncikazi said.

“But like I said, this match, there is no form, there is no history, it will depend on what happens on the day of the match,” expressed Ncikazi.

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For Amakhosi and Buccaneers fans, one thing is clear – form goes out the window and all that matters now is Saturday’s, Soweto Derby!

Kick-off at FNB Stadium is at 15:30.