Soweto giants Orlando Pirates confirmed that Happy Jele has extended his stay at the club. ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Orlando Pirates 0-2 Mamelodi Sundowns – As it happened
Follow all of the live action from this afternoon’s crunch DStv Premiership clash between Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates
Soweto giants Orlando Pirates confirmed that Happy Jele has extended his stay at the club. ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Orlando Pirates welcome Mamelodi Sundowns to the Orlando Stadium for a crunch DStv Premiership clash this afternoon.
Follow all of the live action from this afternoon’s headline DStv Premiership encounter at the Orlando stadium below.
Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns: LIVE UPDATES
Starting lineups
Orlando Pirates XI: Mpontshane, Jele, Hlatshwayo, Mako, Shandu, Mabaso, Mosele, Dzvukamanja, Pule, Hotto, Mabasa.
Subs: Sandilands, Ndah, Peprah, Makhubela, Dlamini, Makaringe, Monare, Ndlovu, Nyauza.
Mamelodi Sundowns XI: Onyango, Lebusa, De Reuck, G. Kekana, Lakay, Coetzee, Jali, Zwane, Kutumela, Erasmus, Shalulile.
Subs: Goss, Mvala, B. Onyango, Domingo, Lunga, Safranko, Sirino, Maema, Vilakazi.
Mnqithi wary of Davids and Ncikazi duo
“The boys have worked very hard, they are interested and their attitude in training has been exceptionally good,” Mamelodi Sundowns co-coache Manqoba Mnqithi said ahead of today’s clash against Orlando Pirates.
“There is the willpower from the players to make sure that we achieve what we want to achieve and that requires a lot from then. At Sundowns you are expected to counter-press, you are expected to press high and all those things are very demanding in the game.
“Mandla and Fadlu are very creative coaches who are intelligent. We know that they will bring a thing or two into the game but we will profile them accordingly and we know what we can get. The good thing is that we know almost all their players — if we fail to deal with their Orlando Pirates strategy, we can easily profile their individual players.
“Our players have responded very well over a number of games and we cannot start to doubt them but Orlando Pirates will always have an element of pressure and intrinsic motivation, which is mostly likely to bring an element of anxiety.”
Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns: Kick-off time and starting lineups
Kick-off at the Orlando stadium gets underway at 15:00. The match will be televised live on SuperSport PSL and SABC1.
Alternatively you can live stream today’s match between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns on Multichoice’s streaming platform DStv Now (Subscription required).
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