Bidvest Wits Ready For Kaizer Chiefs Test

Bidvest Wits is ready to take on Kaizer Chiefs in an Absa Premiership clash at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Sunday afternoon.

Chiefs have been one of the teams that have caused Wits problems in the past two seasons but according to team manager Gavin Hunt, they will strive to reclaim points lost in first leg.

Hunt, while admitting it won’t be an easy game, said that the fact that they have managed to put together an eight-game unbeaten run in the league gives them confidence heading to the tie.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“People don’t obviously know the challenges we’ve faced, but we keep going. The players have given me everything. We will just continue going and give it everything we’ve got, Hunt told the club website.[/perfectpullquote]

“I think every game we have finished well, obviously the mental fatigue is a problem. But we will go with what we’ve got.”

The Clever Boys face a wounded Amakhosi who lost by a solitary goal to their rivals Sundowns, a result that slightly dented their hopes of winning this season’s PSL title.

“There will be a backlash from Chiefs. They are a proud club, the biggest club in South Africa. They are fighting to win the league, but we are also fighting for third. I think we still have a great chance, but we need to start winning games starting Sunday, which won’t be easy that’s for sure,” Hunt added.

Both teams met as recently as August 12, in the first week of the league’s restart, and played out a 1-1 draw.

The Amakhosi looked to be on course for all three points thanks to Samir Nurkovic’s opener, but Cole Alexander netted a late equalizer for Bidvest Wits at Orlando Stadium.