Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates: Head to head, team news, kick off and live stream

Bitter rivals Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates meet again on Saturday, and there is more at stake this time around, as they battle it out for a place in the Telkom Knockout final.

This is the second Soweto Derby this season, as the two sides have squared off in the league, with the Buccaneers emerging victorious and stretching their unbeaten run over their foes to ten matches.

A win for either club will put them a step closer to ending what has been a barren spell in Soweto in terms of silverware, with both teams in the middle of lengthy trophyless runs.

Amakhosi the better off between the two, having last hoisted silverware in 2015 when they triumphed in the league under Bafana coach Stuart Baxter.

Telkom Knockout semi-finals: Team news They will be sweating over the fitness of right back, Ramahlwe Mphahlele, who picked up a knock while on national duty earlier in the week, but will welcome the possibility that two players who have been on the mend will be fit for the encounter.

Lebogang Manyama who was involved in a car accident in October has returned to full training, alongside Bernard Parker, who has also been sidelined by injury.

Coach Giovanni Solinas in confident that the pair will be on the reckoning come Saturday.

I hope we can recover these players, he said.

It is very important, because that will give us more options in the starting line-up and more options also on the bench.

For Pirates, the wait to add to their trophy cabinet has stretched past four years now, with their last cup triumph coming via the 2014 Nedbank Cup, where a Kermit Erasmus brace saw them overcome Bidvest Wits.

In the Telkom Knockout, the Buccaneers last emerged victorious in 2011, a year after Kaizer Chiefs' last triumph in the competition.

Orlando Pirates vs Kaizer Chiefs: Head to head Draws have been synonymous with the Soweto Derby in recent years, but a run of four consecutive stalemates was broken last season when Orlando Pirates beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-1 to extend their unbeaten run against their rivals to 10 competitive matches.

The Buccaneers made it 11 matches unbeaten last month. However, only four of these fixtures produced a result, as the rest ended tied.

Amakhosi's last win in this fixture came in December 2014 when a Stuart Baxter-led side clinched a 1-0 win en route to the league title.

Last five encounters Orlando Pirates 2-1 Kaizer Chiefs

Orlando Pirates 3-1 Kaizer Chiefs

Kaizer Chiefs 0-0 Orlando Pirates

Kaizer Chiefs 1-1 Orlando Pirates

Orlando Pirates 0-0 Kaizer Chiefs

Kick off and where to watch Kick off: 15:00 (SAST)

TV and live stream: Supersport 4 (SS4), SABC 1.

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