PREMIER SOCCER LEAGUE
Polokwane and Bucs eager to end Premier Soccer League deadlock
Premiership action returns on Tuesday with Polokwane City hosting Orlando Pirates and both teams looking to end an unprecedented series of seven successive draws at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. The two clubs have failed to produce a winner over almost four years in the league since Pirates won 3-1 at the Orlando Stadium almost three years ago with three first half goals from Mpho Makola‚ Kermit Erasmus and Oupa Manyisa. Since that game‚ there have been six draws in the league — two of them goalless‚ three of them ending in a 1-1 scoreline and the last clash in Polokwane last season finishing 2-2. There was also a Telkom Knockout clash in 2017’s quarterfinals at the Orlando Stadium which finished in a 2-2 tie after extra time‚ before Polokwane went on to book a semifinal place by winning 4-2 on penalty shoot-outs. On that occasion‚ Marc van Heerden‚ who now plays for AmaZulu‚ and Ntsikelelo Nyauza squandered their penalty kicks for the Buccaneers and Polokwane City progress...
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