Gqeberha's Motsepe Foundation Championship side Highbury will be hunting down another away win when they play Black Leopards at the Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday (3.30pm).
And more importantly, head coach Kabelo “KB” Sibiya has ordered his troops to fight to keep their unbeaten run in the league intact.
Highbury are fourth on the Motsepe Foundation Championship log with nine points from five matches.
They are yet to lose a match in the league so far this season after having played to three draws and two victories.
The Yellow Nation played to a 1-1 draw against The Bees in their previous fixture.
Meanwhile, their opponents suffered their second defeat in the league, losing 1-0 to Leicesterford City away
“We have prepared well to go and play against Black Leopards away,” Sibiya said.
“We know that every away game is difficult in this league. We will do our best to fight for three points.
“We believe this season we are in a good space in terms of playing home and away matches with the approach in trying to win games.
“We have not lost a match this season and we want to do our best not to lose football matches this season at home and away.
“We have seen that Black Leopards still have their players from last season. They still have a good team, a team that finished in the top four last season, competing for the title.
“So, we know that Black Leopards is a team that has been in the football fraternity for longer, but we believe that we can win.
“We believe that we have capable players and technical team. We believe in the support that we are getting from our club management.
“So, everyone is looking forward to the match.”
The coach said Matome Mabeba and Kagiso Ndlovu are still out due to injury.
However, he was happy to welcome back Tumisang Mashele, who has recovered from injury.
“Most of the guys are available for this match, but when other players are out, it's also an opportunity for other players to show us what they are made of.
“All the players that we have signed for this season, we trust them and we believe they will bring depth to our squad. We will do our best on Saturday.
“Honestly, it will be very nice to keep our unbeaten run intact and even sweeter to win our second away match of the season,” Sibiya said.
Fixtures (all 3.30pm):
Saturday: University of Pretoria v Casric, Tuks; Baroka v Milford, Mafori Mphahlele; Bees v Upington, KaNyamazane; Lions v Kruger, Mxolisi Dicky Jacobs; Leopards v Highbury, Thohoyandou.
Sunday: Lerumo v Venda, Olympia Park; Wanderers v Gomora, Harry Gwala.
The Herald
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