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Orlando Pirates registers first win of the season in match against Swallows F.C

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Orlando Pirates have registered their first win of the season after they beat Swallows F.C 1-0 in the original Soweto derby at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Substitute Tshegofatso Mabasa scored the only goal of the match with only twelve minutes remaining on the clock.

Swallows FC came into this encounter with an impressive head to head record against Orlando Pirates in the original Soweto derby.

The Birds have never lost to Bucs since making their return to top-flight football last season.

 

The two league clashes last season ended in a 1-1 stalemate. But Swallows have already beaten Pirates 2-1 in the first round of the MNT-8 last month.

The long-serving captain, Happy Jele was making his 400th league appearance for Pirates.

 

 

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