Two of the country’s oldest clubs lock horns on Saturday, as Orlando Pirates host Bidvest Wits at the Buccaneers’ temporary new home, Emirates Airlines Park today Saturday 15 August with kick off set for 19:00 EAT.

Both sides were in action earlier in the week, with the visitors geared for their third fixture since the restart, while the hosts take to the field for the second time after their goalless draw with Mamelodi Sundowns on Tuesday.

The Mighty Buccaneers come into this encounter placed third on the log table having collected 41 points after 24 games played.

Josef Zinnbauer will be hoping to turn his teams’ fortunes around this weekend, with his charges failing to score in their last three league outings.

From the opposition’s side, Wits find themselves in fifth place with 39 points collected after only 22 games played. 

If the previous meetings between the two sides this season are anything to go by, we may well be in for another treat.

The corresponding fixture produced no less than seven goals.  This was before the two sides met again in a cup encounter, where they could only be separated by a penalty shootout after a 3-3 stalemate at extra time.

In head-to-head results, Wits have the slight edge over the Buccaneers, winning ten of the last twenty league encounters. Pirates have won seven times during that same period.