Live: Marumo Gallants vs Orlando Pirates — Scores, goals, updates, Betway Premiership result

Welcome to Afrik-Foot’s live coverage of Marumo Gallants against Orlando Pirates, as bottom-of-the-table Gallants host the reigning champions at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.

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Kick-off in Phokeng is set for this Sunday at 13:00 SAST (one listing shows 09:00, so worth confirming before matchday), and we will bring you every key moment as it happens.

Pirates arrive in ominous form, sitting second with 16 points from a possible 18 and having conceded just once in six league matches, four points off leaders Mamelodi Sundowns, who have played two games more. Abdeslam Ouaddou’s side have a personal subplot running through the fixture too, with the coach making his latest return to a club he briefly managed before taking the Soweto job, and Evidence Makgopa remains sidelined with a long-term knee injury, though a front three of Appollis, Moremi and Radiopane has kept the goals flowing regardless.

Gallants, by contrast, are winless in six matches under three different head coaches this season and sit bottom of the table with just two points and two league goals scored, the joint-lowest tally in the division. New boss Ronnie Kanalelo takes charge for the very first time here, arriving straight off a CAF Champions League tie with his previous club, Namibian side African Stars, in a move that has already triggered a breach-of-contract dispute with his old employers.

The head-to-head between these two sides is level at two wins apiece across their last four league meetings, with Pirates winning the most recent clash 3-0 in February, though Gallants hold a rare psychological edge from cup football, having eliminated Pirates from the MTN8 quarter-final with a 1-0 win back in August.

Stay with us for team news, build-up and live updates as Kanalelo and Ouaddou’s sides get under way in Phokeng.