Orlando Pirates will be aiming to make it two wins in a row in the CAF Champions League to proceed to the next round and changes are expected to be made by their technical team in their next match on Friday.
On Saturday, the Buccaneers defeated Djabal Club of Comoros 1-0 in their Champions League first preliminary round fixture away to take an advantage going into Friday's second round match at Orlando Stadium.
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Pirates coach Jose Riveiro opted to make some changes to the line-up probably thinking about next Tuesday's DStv Premiership fixture against Cape Town City, as well as the semi-finals of the MTN8 where the Soweto giants will face Stellenbosch FC early next month.
Team captain and defender Innocent Maela made his first start of the season against Djabal along with goalkeeper Richard Ofori, Sandile Mthethwa and Bienvenu Eva Nga.
Kabelo Dlamini returned as a late second half substitute after being delayed on his progress by injury.
With the matches coming thick and fast, Riveiro is expected to continue with squad rotation as there are players who are yet to play this season.
The likes of Miguel Timm and Vincent Pule are expected to return for Bucs, while new signings Lesedi Kapinga and Karim Kamvuidi are said to be ready to get off the mark.
"Lesedi Kapinga is settling in well at Pirates just like the other new signings and they are doing well in training," said the source.
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"Pirates have some of the best players in the league and everyone understands that they won't get to play every match. For example, for the most recent match in the Champions League, Kapinga didn't travel, (Thembinkosi) Lorch didn't travel and (Vincent) Pule didn't travel.
Even though changes are expected to the Bucs team to cope going forward, the feeling is that Riveiro needs to keep the team as strong as possible.
"That tells you about the quality of the squad and there is also a guy like (Karim) Kimvuidi who is yet to play. All these players are waiting for their chance to play because guys like (Relebohile) Mofokeng and (Monnapule) Saleng are doing exceptionally well and there is no way that the coach can chop and change the line-ups," the source added.
