Orlando Pirates fans may have reason to feel concerned looking at their team’s remaining fixtures in the 2022/23 the season.

Orlando Pirates: Remaining DStv Premiership schedule is EASY

Orlando Pirates fans will have reason to feel optimistic looking at their team’s remaining fixtures in the 2022/23 DStv Premiership season.

by Garrin Lambley

24-04-2023 15:49

in Premier Soccer League

Orlando Pirates fans may have reason to feel concerned looking at their team’s remaining fixtures in the 2022/23 the season.

Orlando Pirates fans will have reason to feel optimistic looking at their team’s remaining fixtures in the 2022/23 DStv Premiership season.

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A glance at the Buccaneers’ remaining matches will give their supporters reason to feel confident as they battle to secure a runner-up finish this season – and book a spot in Africa.

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The Soweto giants are currently in third place with 46 points thanks to 14 wins, four draws and eight defeats, with just four matches remaining.

They have scored 32 goals and conceded 18, giving them a positive goal differential of 14.

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The Buccaneers will face only one other team in the top half in the latest standings – and no team worse than 12th currently.

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Some schedules are tougher than others as sides look to qualify for CAF competitions, the MTN8 – or avoid relegation.

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As a reminder, the team that finishes second in the standings will join already-crowned champions Mamelodi Sundowns in next season’s CAF Champions League, while the third-placed finisher will enter the CAF Confederations Cup.

Meanwhile, Orlando Pirates are still in the Nedbank Cup and face a Soweto derby semi-final against Kaizer Chiefs. They overall winner of that tournament will also earn a CAF Confederation Cup spot.