Jose Riveiro and his assistent coach Mandla Ncikazi © Gallo Photos
Orlando Pirates will start the post-Jose Riveiro period once they welcome TS Galaxy to the Orlando Stadium within the penultimate spherical of the Betway Premiership season on Saturday, Could 17.
Kick-off is at 3pm CAT (SA, GMT+2)
CURRENT FORM:
Riveiro took cost of his closing recreation for the Buccaneers on Tuesday and so they gave him the right send-off after operating out 3-0 victors over Golden Arrows in Soweto.
The Sea Robbers agreed to the Spaniard’s early launch after he accepted a proposal from one other membership, believed to be Al Ahly, a “few weeks in the past” and he signed off with a 3rd consecutive league win.
On the time, Pirates nonetheless had an out of doors likelihood within the title race as they closed inside 12 factors of Mamelodi Sundowns with two video games in hand, however Bafana ba Type had been topped champions 24 hours later following a 3-0 success in opposition to Chippa United.
Riveiro’s assistant, Mandla Ncikazi, will oversee the membership’s closing 4 video games of the season on an interim foundation, beginning with the go to of Galaxy this weekend.
The Rockets have blown their hopes of qualifying for the Caf Confederation Cup after going off the boil for the reason that March worldwide break.
Adnan Beganovic had misplaced simply two of his opening 16 matches and commenced his tenure with a 10-game unbeaten run to place Galaxy firmly within the body for a top-three end.
However his gamers seem to have checked out early after reaching their preliminary goal of MTN 8 soccer and so they’ve did not win any of their final 5 outings.
A 1-0 defeat to Richards Bay on Could 4 left the Limpopo outfit 11 factors adrift of Sekhukhune United in fifth place with only one fixture remaining of their season.
WHAT WAS SAID:
TS Galaxy head coach Adnan Beganovic
“It isn’t simple to pay attention whenever you attain one thing. What we wished was a top-eight spot. Possibly some gamers simply stated it was sufficient, we’ve reached what we wished.
“For me, it’s unusual. It’s tough as a result of each recreation is essential for us and the membership. I need to see all gamers on high of their recreation.
“We have to talk about what is going on, why we play the best way we do, and why we do not run extra. I can assure that we’ve extra high quality. We have to present extra.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Orlando Pirates – Mohau Nkota has loved a formidable breakout season at Mayfair and performed an integral function of their run to the Caf Champions League semifinals, contributing 4 targets and two assists in 9 appearances. The 20-year-old winger has additionally discovered the again of the online twice within the Betway Premiership and he got here near scoring on two events in opposition to Arrows in midweek, however was denied by Ismail Watenga each occasions.
TS Galaxy – Keagan Dolly has began to turn out to be extra influential on the crew in current weeks after struggling for game-time initially since becoming a member of the Rockets on a free switch in November. The previous Kaizer Chiefs attacking midfielder has began eight of their final 9 video games, opening his account in opposition to Arrows on March 1 and was on the right track once more 10 days later in opposition to SuperSport United. He wasn’t far-off from grabbing an equaliser in opposition to the Natal Wealthy Boyz after curling a free-kick inches over the crossbar.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: (Final 5 Betway Premiership conferences)
Matches – 5
Pirates wins – 4
Galaxy wins – 1
Attracts – 0
