Orlando Pirates will be aiming to edge closer to the quarter-final of the CAF Champions League when they CR Belouizdad this afternoon.
CAF Champions League
Teams: Orlando Pirates v CR Belouizdad
Date: 12 January 2025
Venue: Orlando Stadium
Time: 15h00
The Buccaneers enter this afternoon’s clash second in Group C after Al Ahly defeated Stade d’Abidjan 3-1 on Saturday evening.
Pirates, meanwhile, were victorious in their last Group C clash after thrashing Stade d’Abidjan 3-0 last weekend in Soweto.
However, Jose Riveiro’s charges were in league action on Wednesday evening as they lost 1-0 to Cape Town City in Cape Town.
Pirates will come against a Belouizdad side who got back to winning ways last week by defeating Al Ahly in Algeria.
The Algerian giants sit two points behind Pirates and they know only a win will keep their quarter-final hopes alive going into the final group game.
The Buccaneers grabbed maximum points when these two sides met in November courtesy of a brace from young Mohau Nkota.
Here’s how they line up:
Orlando Pirates: 24. Chaine, 5. Van Rooyen, 30. Sibisi, 28. Thin, 7. Hotto, 16. Mbatha, 8. Makhaula, 10. Maswanganyi, 3. Mofokeng, 33. Nkota, 19. Mabasa
Subs: 1. Buthelezi, 11. Gilberto, 17. Makgopa, 18. Dlamini, 27. Xoki, 29. Mako, 31. Rasebotja, 36. Radiopane, 37. Lebitso
Belouizdad: 40. Zeghba, 2. Keddad, 24. Khacef, 3. Benayada, 4. Hadded, 7. Chaabi, 8. Benguit, 15. Selmi, 9. Mayo, 11. Meziane, 9. Slimani
