Nedbank Cup
Teams: Mamelodi Sundowns v Bidvest Wits
Date: 08 August 2020
Venue: Orlando Stadium
Mamelodi Sundowns will be looking to keep their hopes of winning a domestic treble alive when they clash with Bidvest Wits in the Nedbank Cup on Saturday evening.
The match will commence at 19h15.
After winning the Telkom Knockout in December 2019, Mosimane's men will now be aiming to claim their first Nedbank Cup title since 2015 but they have to overcome Wits first.
Sundowns reached this stage of the tournament after needing a late winner in extra-time to knockout Highlands Park 1-0 in the quarter-finals in the middle of March, which was their last competitive match.
On the other hand, the Clever Boys grabbed all the headlines during the lockdown period after the club sold its top-flight status to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila, who will relocate the team to Limpopo next season.
Back on the field though, Gavin Hunt's men cruised past GladAfrica Championship side Real Kings 4-0 in the quarter-finals, which was their last competitive encounter before the season was suspended in March.
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Sundowns will be without midfielder Gaston Sirino, who will be serving his first of the two-match suspensions after he was found guilty by the Premier Soccer League Disciplinary Committee in May for assulting Dean Furman and Clayton Daniels.
Meanwhile, Wits duo Ricardo Goss and Sameehg Doutie were also handed eight-match bans, with four matches suspended by the PSL DC for assaulting referee Masixole Bambiso before the break.
Here's how they line up:
Sundowns: 14. Onyango, 32. Lukhubeni, 5. Lebusa, 3. Nascimento, 2. Madisha, Coetzee, 21. Mkhulise, 8. Kekana, 11. Vilakazi, 18. Zwane, 33. Maboe.
Subs: 1. Mweene, 7. Lakay, 36. Mkhuma, 13. Mabunda, 23. Meza, 15. Jali, 4. Langerman, 26. Makgalwa, 6. Arendse.
Wits: 1. Mhlongo; 13. Hlanti, 15. Mkhwanazi, 29. Gordinho, 3. Hlatshwayo, 17. Alexander, 14. Nange, 10. Domingo, 36. Sekgota, 11. Hotto, 37. Dzvukamanja.
Subs: Prince, 19. Eva Nga, 24. Macheke, 36. Ritchie, 28. Macuphu, 26. Khunyedi, 31. Human, 38. Mathebula, 39. September.
