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Polokwane, Sekhukhune to battle for Limpopo supremacy

football10 May 2024 15:53| © Backpage TXT
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Oswin Appollis © Gallo Images

Polokwane City will go head to head with their provincial rivals Sekhukhune United in Saturday's DStv Premiership match at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.

Kick-off is at 3pm CAT (SA, GMT+2).

CURRENT FORM

Rise and Shine were held to a 0-0 draw by Richards Bay at home on 8 May and they are undefeated in their last two matches having recorded a win and a draw.

Polokwane find themselves placed ninth in the DStv Premiership standings - level on points with eighth-placed Kaizer Chiefs with three matches left in the current campaign.

Meanwhile, Sekhukhune held SuperSport United to a 1-1 draw away on 7 May and they are winless in their last three matches having registered two draws and one defeat.

Babina Noko are occupying the fourth spot in the DStv Premiership standings - two points above fifth-placed TS Galaxy, but the latter have a game in hand.

TEAM NEWS

Both teams have no suspension worries coming into this Limpopo Derby encounter, but Polokwane will be without their captain Puleng Marema who is still out injured.

WHAT WAS SAID?

Sekhukhune United coach Lehlohonolo Seema

“I will talk about that [finishing in the top four in the league] later because from [positions] seven, six, and five, we are being hunted, so I can’t even talk about that, we’ll just see, maybe in the last game we’ll see how it is,” Seema said.

“But at the moment, it’s very tight. I don’t even know the results of the other teams, maybe we are not even there [in the running], so we just want to take it one game at a time. The derby is coming up - Polokwane City is a difficult one also, so we’re trying to take it one game at a time.”

Polokwane City coach Phuti Mohafe

"That phrase [moving into the top eight] is something that, we as the technical team have to erase from the minds of the players, because every time we are about to jump into the top eight, it seems like we are choking," Mohafe said.

"Maybe this top eight is not for us. These three games, we will play them as they come. We just hope that we will get one or three points just to ensure that we move into the top eight. We need to have the bragging rights, [against Sekhukhune], it is one of the other matches that we have to play, and if we have to win it, let it be."

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Oswin Appollis, Polokwane City: The Bafana Bafana international boasts more goals (five) and assists (three) in the league than any other Rise and Shine player this season.

Chibuike Ohizu, Sekhukhune United: The Nigeria striker is Babina Noko's main source of goals in the league this season having netted eight times including one against SuperSport.

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