The fixtures are rolling in rapidly for Orlando Pirates, who shift focus to another midweek Betway Premiership fixture when they host TS Galaxy at Orlando Stadium on Tuesday.
Just two days after progressing in the CAF Champions League, focus quickly shifts back to the league for the Buccaneers. They play hosts to the Rockets, who are among the in-form teams at this stage of the Premiership campaign.
The stage is set for what promises to be another exciting battle for three points between two sides whose season has followed a similar pattern.
With one point separating the Rockets from their hosts, they make the trip to Soweto sitting higher up in the standings. This is after an impressive turnaround in form after kicking the 2025/26 league season off with back-to-back defeats.
Having got off the mark rather emphatically on the third game week, they have gone on a five-match unbeaten run where they have bagged 13 out of an available 15 league points to take up fifth place on the log.
Seven of the Rockets’ league points have been collected away from home where they defeated Chippa United and Orbit College before their winning run was interrupted by a stalemate against Richards Bay. They only failed to register an away point in a defeat to Sekhukhune United, and are currently the league’s top scorers on the road with eight goals scored and four conceded in four matches.
The match at Orlando Stadium could be yet another one they’re forced to navigate without experienced striker Sedwyn George, who has been kept out of action by an ankle injury sustained in August.
