With at least five key SuperSport United players unavailable because of injuries‚ Kaizer Chiefs should be fancying their chances against a side they have failed to beat in two previous ties in different cup competitions. Chiefs’ midfielder Willard Katsande has‚ however‚ warned his teammates not to underestimate the players United coach Kaitano Tembo will deploy to fill the spots left by the injured Dean Furman‚ Bradley Grobler‚ Thabo Mnyamane‚ Evans Rusike and Fargie Lakay. The teams meet in the quarterfinals of the Telkom Knockout at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Sunday with Tembo’s team boasting an overall eight-game unbeaten run against Amakhosi. That record includes United dumping Chiefs out of the MTN8 this season and knocking them out of the Nedbank Cup in the 2016/17 season. United will be looking to complete their domestic cup run over Chiefs if they win again on Sunday‚ and Katsande has called on his teammates not to read too much into the changes that will be made by ...

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