Orlando Pirates left it late to claim a hard-fought 2-0 win over Chippa United in a Betway Premiership encounter at Orlando Stadium on Tuesday night. A glorious opportunity fell to Yanela Mbuthuma just 10 minutes in who scuffed his shot missing the target. Two minutes later, Dumisani Msibi got down well to make a save from Sipho Mbule’s well struck low shot. Mbuthuma was again in the thick of things, this time missing a tap-in after Tshepang Moremi had whipped in a beautiful low cross in the 18th minute. Msibi then denied Mbuthuma from a point-blank range in the 51st

Orlando Pirates have confirmed their starting line-up ahead of this evening’s Betway Premiership fixture against Chippa United at Orlando Stadium. The Buccaneers currently find themselves second on the table on 22 points, three points behind leaders Mamelodi Sundowns with two games in hand. Pirates’ last league match saw them beat Golden Arrows 3-1 to move up to second place whil the Chilli Boys remain rooted at the foot of the table with just seven points from their opening 12 matches. Chippa have picked up just a single point since Vusumuzi Vilakazi replaced Luc Eymael on 22 October. They were thumped