Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro has ruled out making wholesale changes to his team for the Nedbank Cup last-16 clash with Venda Football Academy at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday evening.
Kick-off is at 8pm CAT (SA, GMT+2)
Riveiro fielded a strong starting line-up against All Stars in the first round on February 11 as second-half goals from Monnapule Saleng (62') and Thembinkosi Lorch (70') secured a 2-0 victory at the BidVest Stadium.
The Buccaneers have played three games in the DStv Premiership since that cup-tie, recording wins against Maritzburg United (2-1) and Swallows (4-1), while going down 1-0 to arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs.
With the fixtures coming at a more manageable pace in the league at the moment, Riveiro insists there is no need to rotate his squad for a potentially tricky encounter with the Motsepe Foundation Championship club.
"We don't rotate, especially now that we're playing one game a week," the Spaniard said. "So if you find any changes in the starting XI from our last game against Swallows it will be because someone is not available or the coach decides to introduce a different profile player for tactics, but not because of rotation."
Riveiro has prepared his players as best he can for the visit of VFA and is urging them against complacency as he looks to avoid the same fate suffered by AmaZulu in midweek when they were knocked out of the tournament by Dondol Stars.
"We have done our job in trying to know as much as possible about our opponents," he added. "We'll take the game really seriously, we want to be in the next round so we're going to take care of every detail, as we usually do.
"These games are complicated. Even though the team comes from the first division it's a team of quality with experienced players and an experienced coach.
"Even though we have to assume we're the favourites, you can find yourselves a man down after 15 minutes. And usually these things happen when you're not 100 per cent focused, which can happen when you face teams from a lower league. We're trying to work seriously and continue our momentum from the last game."
Venda have struggled in the second tier this season and find themselves just five points clear of the relegation zone in 14th place after winning just one of the last five league outings.
Joel Masutha's team beat ABC Motsepe League outfit Black Cross 2-1 in the round of 32, having needed penalties to get past MFC rivals Hungry Lions in the qualifying round.