Cape Town -Golden Arrows moved into the top eight of the Absa Premiership with a surprise 2-0 win over Orlando Pirates at Orlando Stadium on Wednesday night.
Second half goals from Kudakwashe Mahachi and Gladwin Shitolo handed the Durban side the three points which
Pirates, on the other hand, see their disastrous form in the league continue with this loss extending their winless run in the Absa Premiership to five matches, leaving them in a lowly 13th place on the table with five points from seven games.
It was a night of missed opportunities for the Buccaneers who controlled the game from start to finish, but could not beat ‘man of the match’ and Arrows goalkeeper Maximilian Mbaeva.
The away side in retrospect only had a few chances on goal and they grabbed them with both hands.
In the eighth
In the 30th minute Pirates were a bit unfortunate to see Happy Jele leave the field injured and replaced by Edwin.
Two minutes later Luvuyo Memela showed good pace to drive into the Arrows box, but Mbaeva showed real bravery to dive at the feet of the attacker and clear the ball.
Mbaeva made two more spectacular saves in the 40th minute to deny Pirates. First he stopped Erasmus from point blank range after he latched onto a cross from Memela and was then got quickly to his feet to deny Mpho Mvelase as well.
In the 52nd minute Arrows took the lead after Mahachi drove into the box from the left flank and buried the ball into the corner of the net, 1-0.
In the 66th
Six minutes later Mbaeva was called into action once more and he did not disappoint to close down Lehlohonolo Majoro who was through on goal.
In the 83rd