'I'm very blessed,' Arthur Zwane says of the support he has at Kaizer Chiefs

Injury to Mozambican defender Edmilson Dove destabilised Chiefs as a rusty Austin Dube looked out of place and shape playing alongside Zitha Kwinika in the heart of the Chiefs defence.

Zwane could not confirm on Thursday whether Dove will be back for the derby as he was still waiting for late fitness tests results from the club doctors on players with injuries.

“We’re in the same situation as we were in the previous game (Arrows),” said Zwane.

“We played about three games without conceding goals but unfortunately we lost Dove (against Arrows) and we needed to reshuffle the team again. This has been the story of our season. We’re just waiting to see who’s going to be available.”

One factor in favour of Zwane and Chiefs is that they’ve won the last four league encounters against Pirates. But on current form, Pirates are the favourites in Saturday's game as they’ve only lost one of their last five league matches.

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