{"id":189914,"date":"2026-03-13T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189914\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:17:10","slug":"orlando-pirates-vs-siwelele-teams-news-kick-off-time-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189914\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Pirates vs. Siwelele &#8211; teams, news, kick-off time, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 13, 2026, 04:43 AM ET<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"a8da8b8f-12ec-8f1c-757d-27cfec6a4002\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=7085\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Pirates<\/a> will have an opportunity to put daylight between themselves and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2778fe83-1f6d-517c-eb73-90ed8f28f8fe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=7084\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamelodi Sundowns<\/a> in the Betway Premiership title race when the Buccaneers host <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"65365284-bf7d-30da-b7bc-bbbe93fa906c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=131361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siwelele<\/a> on Saturday at the Orlando Amstel Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Buccaneers went back on top on goal difference with a 2-0 win over <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"19493d6b-0a66-4363-d8a2-9843d5368784\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=18825\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richards Bay<\/a> on Wednesday after Sundowns had beaten <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"31fb59f5-15f9-fdaf-e45e-706570327876\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=19000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orbit College<\/a> by the same scoreline on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>After 20 games, Pirates and Sundowns are locked on 47 points but Abdeslam Ouaddou&#8217;s side have a goal difference of +25 compared to the defending champions&#8217; +24.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>Sundowns will be in action on Friday against Stade Malien in the CAF Champions League. As a result, Pirates can use the weekend to pull up to three points clear and heap pressure on Miguel Cardoso&#8217;s men when they return to league action against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9da2722f-7d4f-f010-3943-1831fd844948\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=13317\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marumo Gallants<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>They will be up against a Siwelele side in much more stable form than they were in the early stages of the season. Heading into the weekend fixtures, Siwelele sit 11th, only two points behind eighth-placed <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"5e91f19c-3b05-7cce-f055-e13fef492fcc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=19298\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TS Galaxy<\/a> with a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pirates are increasingly finding their offensive rhythm under Ouaddou and have boasted a rock-solid defence for most of the season.<\/p>\n<p>With key players such as Bafana Bafana wingers Relebohile Mofokeng and <a data-player-guid=\"c356e148-0ff3-a891-f128-943dd72c445b\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/288771\/oswin-appollis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oswin Appollis<\/a> in form, the Sea Robbers look set to be the toughest title challengers Sundowns have faced since their run of eight successive Premiership titles, pending a potential ninth, began.<\/p>\n<p>Key details<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, March 14 at 15:30 CAT<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Orlando Amstel Arena<\/p>\n<p>How to watch: The match is scheduled for broadcast on SuperSport&#8217;s DSTV channel 202 (SuperSport PSL)<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>Orlando Pirates have a chance to deny Mamelodi Sundowns yet another PSL title, but they need to keep their eyes on the prize.\u00a0Orlando Pirates\/InstagramTeam news<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"ccf8e9d6-c77d-6c4c-e6a3-d57ad3f8bfe5\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/256694\/sipho-mbule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sipho Mbule<\/a> appears to be back in contention for a place in the Orlando Pirates side after reportedly being affected by injuries. He faces no shortage of competition for minutes, but his versatility counts in his favour &#8211; as he can play as a number 10 or deeper in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Expected lineups<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Pirates<\/p>\n<p>GK <a data-player-guid=\"f33a01b4-3e5e-fc90-aff5-1de63fff0b13\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/265713\/sipho-chaine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sipho Chaine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LB <a data-player-guid=\"9620ddb8-6dc9-3ada-b140-b5eb6b71fd9c\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/377760\/nkosikhona-ndaba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nkosikhona Ndaba<\/a> | CB <a data-player-guid=\"08d483da-05e3-3746-a97b-643301c268f4\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/346981\/lebone-seema\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lebone Seema<\/a> | CB <a data-player-guid=\"d36578ef-014e-ca67-c16e-d6db21a04195\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/266125\/nkosinathi-sibisi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nkosinathi Sibisi<\/a> | RB <a data-player-guid=\"c7d7301b-9877-3392-a5f5-cd7cab3cdbbc\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/337134\/kamogelo-sebelebele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamogelo Sebelebele<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CM <a data-player-guid=\"021d8575-d193-32c8-a563-36f868fcfcd5\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/391765\/masindi-nemtajela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masindi Nemtajela<\/a> | CM <a data-player-guid=\"a01089b6-9a63-3029-a78d-2f0f91678e9d\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/301321\/thalente-mbatha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thalente Mbatha<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LW Oswin Appollis | AM Patrick &#8216;Tito&#8217; Maswanganyi | RW Relebohile Mofokeng<\/p>\n<p>ST <a data-player-guid=\"d37b0be3-5618-3724-b81d-5136a02edce8\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/303312\/evidence-makgopa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evidence Makgopa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Siwelele<\/p>\n<p>GK <a data-player-guid=\"a79a0220-dc1c-3e8b-60fc-7128a2e29702\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/186121\/ricardo-goss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ricardo Goss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LB <a data-player-guid=\"1470251d-be18-3f4a-8792-dfe5b7bdfde3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/348926\/neo-rapoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neo Rapoo<\/a> | CB <a data-player-guid=\"1d28a4c5-8141-de4e-c4b7-516b0d5863bb\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/247661\/thabo-makhele\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thabo Makhele<\/a> | CB <a data-player-guid=\"463d3f3b-f7fd-9315-5b02-896a4fa7eca0\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/236208\/nyiko-mobbie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nyiko Mobbie<\/a> | RB <a data-player-guid=\"1e57cb3e-7b78-37e1-9d75-4d6818cf3ce7\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/348927\/yandisa-mfolozi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yandisa Mfolozi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CM <a data-player-guid=\"76339f0f-fa8a-3c04-8d28-24e47281400f\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/351661\/mangethe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samkelo Zwane<\/a> | CM <a data-player-guid=\"9780792f-efca-b595-0f37-b8151d78c5d3\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/256697\/grant-margeman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Margeman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LW Christian Saile | AM <a data-player-guid=\"ac425a12-650b-78a4-f817-c021ca5a957f\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/207563\/vincent-pule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Pule<\/a> | RW Ghampani Lungu<\/p>\n<p>ST <a data-player-guid=\"ec3978c5-f644-3d76-a84c-c1ca617654c6\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/324304\/chibuike-ohizu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chibuike Ohizu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stats<\/p>\n<p>Siwelele attacking midfielder\/winger Vincent Pule played 146 times for Orlando Pirates across 6 seasons, scoring 23 goals before leaving in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.za\/match\/soccer\/orlando-pirates-p4SF9EMI\/richards-bay-noDZhkBM\/summary\/player-stats\/top\/?mid=U3xl8Xkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flashscore<\/a>, Thalente Mbatha completed 51 of his 53 attempted passes in Orlando Pirates&#8217; 2-0 win over Richards Bay on Wednesday (96%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 13, 2026, 04:43 AM ET Orlando Pirates will have an opportunity to put daylight between themselves and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-189914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}