Ackermann on Thursday made no changes to the starting line-up that beat the Blue Bulls in Pretoria last weekend.
He made three changes to his bench with Ruan Dryer replacing prop CJ van der Linde while Etienne Oosthuizen could also make an appearance off the bench.
Jaco Kriel moves out of the squad altogether with Michael Rhodes taking his place.
Teams:
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Nico Scheepers, 13
Robert Ebersohn (captain), 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10
Tewis de Bruyn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Hendro Scholtz, 7 Lappies
Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Francois
Uys, 3 Marcell van der Merwe, 2 Hercu Liebenberg, 1 Schalk van der Merwe
Substitutes: 16 Elandre Huggett, 17 Ross Geldenhuys, 18 Carl Wegner, 19 Davon Raubenheimer, 20 Sias Ebersohn, 21 Philip Snyman, 22 Rayno Benjamin
Golden Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Deon Helberg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Ruan Combrinck, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Willie Britz, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg (captain)
Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Etienne Oosthuizen, 19 Michael Rhodes, 20 Ross Cronje, 21 Butch James, 22 Jaco Taute