By Jerry Muchimba The year 2022 marked 60 years of the Zambian football league. The story of football in Zambia goes back about a hundred years when it was introduced in Northern Rhodesia in the early 1920s, after spreading from South Africa where it was played from as early as the mid-19th century. It is
Mar 11, 2021 - 09:07 am By Lovemore Moyo
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Sundowns progression into the last eight of the Nedbank Cup which sets them up against Orlando Pirates will be the first cup meeting between the two in the last five years and the fifth through the last decade, with The Brazilians failing to win all of them.
The results from all the last five cup games between these two clubs show that Pirates have won four while one has been a draw.
Pirates have won all three Nedbank Cup matches which have also all been quarter-final ties, just like the forthcoming fixture.
The most recent cup meeting between the two clubs was in the 2016 Nedbank Cup with Pirates winning 2-0 after extra time courtesy of goals from Tendai Ndoro and Mpho Makola.