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Orlando Pirates/Kaizer Chiefs derby

Kaizer Chiefs and orlando Pirteas will take the stage in the local derby.

Southern based Premier Soccer League teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will face each other in the Southern derby.
Pirates have won three of their last four league matches and in midweek defeated Moroka Swallows 1-0 away from home.
The Soweto giants have claimed 18 points from their tenhome matches so far this season.
Their next three league opponents are Mpumalanga Black Aces, Free State Stars (both away) and Moroka Swallows (home).
The Buccaneers are placed fourth on the Absa Premiership log with 33 points from 19 matches.
Chiefs suffered a first league defeat since November last year when they were beaten 2-0 away by Platinum Stars in midweek.
The Soweto giants have claimed 20 points from their eleven away matches so far this season.
Their next three league opponents are Ajax Cape Town (home), Bidvest Wits (away) and Mamelodi Sundowns (home).
The Amakhosi are placed first on the Absa Premiership log with 43 points from 20 matches.
In head-to-head stats, Pirates and Chiefs have met in 56 league matches since 1985.
The Amakhosi have 22 wins compared to twelve for Bucs, while 22 matches have been drawn.
Pirates have won just seven of their 29 home matches against Chiefs, suffering nine defeats in the process.
When the teams met earlier this season they played to a 1-1 draw with goals from Nkhatha (Chiefs) and Erasmus (Pirates).
JMDP has initiated more stringent measures to regulate parking management systems at the FNB Stadium for the upcoming Soweto Derby on Saturday March 15.
Fans who are attending the match are warned that there will be NO PUBLIC PARKING at the stadium precinct and strictly NO PARKING TICKETS will be sold on site on the day of the match.

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