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Fans from several of the teams, photographed during the Nedbank Cup Last 16 Draw, which took place at The Venue in Melrose Arch on 28 February. ©Sydney Mahlangu /BackpagePix

Black Leopards to host Stars

 

Sport  Date: 06 March 2013

 

Black Leopards will host Platinum Stars in the last-16 stage of the prestigious Nedbank Cup competition. The draw was held at the Nedbank offices in Johannesburg last Thursday afternoon.

The good news about Lidoda Duvha is that they have won the home-ground advantage. The match will be played at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday, 16 March.

Both Leopards and Stars did not find it easy to secure places in this stage of the competition. The Limpopo outfit beat the Safa second division side, Cape Town All Stars, 5-4 while Platinum Stars narrowly beat Dynamos 1-0 to reach the last-16 stage.

It will be time for the home side for revenge, as Leopards lost 0-1 to Platinum Stars in their first-round league match.

In the other Nedbank Cup last-16 matches that will also be played on the same day, Free State Stars will lock horns with Bloemfontein Celtic in their Free State derby that will be staged at the Charles Mopedi Stadium. Kaizer Chiefs will take their home match to Durban, where they will host Polokwane City at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Two matches will be played next Wednesday, March 13. Vasco da Gama will host Supersport United at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town, and Jomo Cosmos will have a date with United FC at the Makhulong Stadium in Johannesburg.

On Friday, 15 March, Mamelodi Sundowns will play against Golden Arrows at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria.

Two matches will be played on Sunday, 17 March: Tembu Royals will meet Maritzburg United and African Warriors will face the giant killers, Maluti FET College. Maluti shocked Orlando Pirates in the second round of the Nedbank Cup, by beating the Bucs 4-1.

 

Written by

Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

 

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