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Johannesburg - Orlando Pirates will show no mercy to a bottom-of-the-log Polokwane City, Buccaneers' captain Lucky Lekgwathi said ahead of their soccer Premiership clash at Orlando Stadium on Wednesday.
Polokwane parted ways with their coach Duncan Lechesa on Monday after four consecutive losses in their league campaign, and now have to deal with a dangerous Pirates side on their home turf without a recognised mentor.
"It's the best time to be playing Polokwane, it's good to build our motivation," Lekgwathi said on Monday.
"I heard that their coach has been fired and they're not doing well, so we must just use that advantage."
While other teams have played three and four matches each, Pirates have turned out just once in the league - due to their CAF Champions league commitments - losing 1-0 to AmaZulu at Orlando in early August. They are one spot above Polokwane with no points following the loss.
"We don't have any points in the league yet, so we want to make sure we get three points on Wednesday," Lekgwathi said.
"We are second from bottom and we want to improve that by winning the game and using the advantage of playing at home. It's time to catch up now, we spoke about it. It's just taking it one game at a time."
Pirates go into the game fresh off a 1-0 loss to Congolese side AC Leopards in the Champions league on Saturday.
Lekgwathi said his side is keen to translate their success into the local league.
"We need to carry on our good form from the Champions league. The experience from Africa will help us a lot. If you look at our team there are a lot of youngsters who have gained experience in the Champions league."
He said playing Polokwane would provide a brief respite from tackling the bigger sides.
"It's nice to be playing them instead of a team like Kaizer Chiefs. They are obviously bottom-of-the-log, but when those teams play us or Kaizer Chiefs they double their efforts."
