The Rockets visit the Mighty Bucs at Orlando Stadium in the DStv Premiership at 17h00.
A win for the Mpumalanga outfit would see them move from position 14 to 11 on the league table, while a draw would take them to 13th.
Last week's 3-0 win over Maritzburg United bagged the former Bafana Bafana coach his first win since joining the club, but the experienced Da Gama does want not to get carried away because of one result.
"No there's still a lot of hard work, one swallow doesn't make a summer you know," he tells
KickOff.com.
"It was a good response but there's still a lot of hard work. You know if you look at our position where we are, we're coming up against a very good team in Orlando Pirates.