CAF Champions League
Teams: Green Eagles v Orlando Pirates
Date: 10 August 2019
Venue: Nkoloma Stadium
Orlando Pirates begin their CAF Champions League journey with a trip to Zambia to face Green Eagles in the first leg of their preliminary round tie.
The Buccaneers returned to Africa's premier club competition last season, where they only made it as far as the group stages.
Milutin 'Micho' Sredejovic's head in to the encounter on the back of a 3-1 victory over Bloemfontein Celtic in their Absa Premiership opener last weekend.
Despite impressing on debut against Celtic, young defender Thabiso Monyane will not feature as he was not registered along with Justice Chabalala, Linda Mntambo and Brian Hlongwa.
Bafana Bafana international Thembinkosi Lorch missed the win over the Free State outfit last weekend, and he misses out this week as well.
Here's how they line up: Pirates: Sandilands, Jele, Ndengane, Maela, Mbekile, Motshwari, Nyatama, Memela, Pule, Mulenga, Shonga,Subs: Mpontshane, Nyauza, Mabaso, Mlambo, Makaringe, Dlamini, Mhango.
