I'm not going into the derby worried about my job: Chiefs coach Zwane

Indicate how inconsistent Chiefs have been in 2023 is they have suffered defeats against Sekhukhune United (1-0), AmaZulu (4-0) and Sundowns (1-0), got one victory against Royal AM (2-0), drew against TS Galaxy (0-0) then lost against Arrows. 

But Zwane insisted on Thursday all was not lost as he believes his team can turn things around in the last 10 league matches. 

“We're not happy with where we are,” the former Chiefs playing star admitted.

“We could have done better by a long way, but as I have said injuries and many other things have happened. But I'm happy with our progress.

“At the end of the day it's what you want to achieve and the players know what it means to play for a team of Chiefs' calibre. They know what is at stake — that they actually play 30-plus cup finals because every team wants to beat us.

“Those same players also want to come to Kaizer Chiefs. The good thing is that as much we've been struggling here and there we still managed to grab some valuable points and also produced some great performances.

“The game we lost against Arrows we should have a scored three goals in the first half because we played to our strength. We also tried to get the combinations right.

“What I'm happy about is that the guys have tried their best despite the lack of consistency.”

Chiefs face a Pirates who will be desperate to beat them after losing the last four Soweto derbies in league matches.

Third-placed Pirates come to Saturday's match in better form as they won four of their last five matches.