Orlando Pirates midfielder Xola Mlambo admits playing Stellenbosch in back-to-back to matches has its own challenges.
The two teams will face each other in the Telkom Knockout Cup at Orlando Stadium before meeting again in the league a week later in Cape Town.
"It's quite a good draw. It's just going to be a difficult challenge playing one team back-to-back; they have to travel to come to us for the [TKO] Cup and we have to travel back to them for a league game," Mlambo told Pirates TV.
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Mlambo, who last won a trophy with Bidvest Wits, said they want to go all the way and lift the TKO this season having not won a major trophy in five years.