The greatest football rivalry on South African soil will be played out at the FNB Stadium on 29 October and SuperSport will bring you all the action live in the splendour of high definition.
This will be the 103rd league meeting since 1971 between the teams with Chiefs holding the edge having won 43 games to Pirates’ 23 while there have been 36 draws. Amakhosi have scored 121 goals and conceded 90 against Pirates.
This is the 53rd league meeting in the PSL era (since 1996-97) between the teams, Chiefs have won 16 games to Pirates 12 while there have been 24 draws.
In the last six league meetings between the teams Kaizer Chiefs have won five games with Orlando Pirates registering one win.
Amakhosi have won the last three league meetings between the teams, doing a double over Pirates last season and winning their final encounter in 2020-21.
SuperSport will lay on elite-level broadcast standards for the much-awaited Kaizer Chiefs v Orlando Pirates showdown at FNB on Saturday 29 October (SS PSL, from 2.30pm).
The 21 camera set-up, which includes the very best in slo-mo and goal-line cameras, will ensure that every angle is covered in the DStv Premiership’s biggest match.
Of course, no derby is complete without the technological bells and whistles. Player tracking technology and comprehensive player statistics (heat maps, average speed, top speed and ground covered) will be central to the coverage.
This will be supplemented by augmented reality for team tactics and formations, plus virtual advertising and virtual crowd replacement given the continued limits on crowds.
Virtual reality will look after action areas, attack analysis and team and player heat maps, ensuring the most complete coverage possible.
There will be a one-hour build-up designed to set the scene for SA’s showpiece fixture.
DID YOU KNOW? 80 Different players have scored Chiefs’ 225 goals in the 175 previous official games played to a completion when they have faced Orlando Pirates, in addition Chiefs have also benefitted with five own goals scored by Pirates players.
SOWETO DERBY FACTS
- 92 Different players have scored Pirates’ 190 goals in the 175 previous official games played to a completion when they have faced Chiefs, in addition Pirates have benefitted with four own goals scored by Chiefs players.
- Former Chiefs star Patrick Ace Ntsoelengoe is the all- time top scorers in Chiefs vs Pirates clashes netting 19 goals.
- Four Chiefs players Ace Ntsoelengoe (19) Teenage Dladla (11) Shaka Ngcobo (11) and Marks Maponyane (10) have scoring tally’s in double figures for Chiefs in games against Pirates while Pirates top goal-scorer in official meetings against Chiefs Jomo Sono has nine goals.
- Marks Maponyane has scored 11 goals in Chiefs Vs Pirates games 10 times for the Amakhosi and once for Pirates.
- 169 Different players have scored in official games between Chiefs and Pirates this excludes own goals.
- Six players have scored in an official Soweto Derby Game between Chiefs and Pirates for both teams, the last being Marc Batchelor.
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