South African football’s biggest knockout tournament, the Nedbank Cup, kicks off this weekend.

Minnows or lower division clubs have caused upsets in the Nedbank Cup in the previous years.

One such team, Free Agents FC, will fancy their chances when they meet Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs away in the first round at the FNB Stadium on Sunday.

Last season, Amakhosi lost to second-tier team, Milford FC, in the first round.

Milford FC coach and owner, Olaitan Oladeru says they fancy their chances against Amakhosi.

“We are going to be playing one head two legs blood running through our veins everything that a sportsman needs. They have and we have. In the advert of the tournament, they say it’s David vs Goliath, so anything can happen, one stone throw, do you understand?”

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— Kaizer Chiefs (@KaizerChiefs) January 24, 2025

Nedbank Cup title

Orlando Pirates will be gunning for their third Nedbank Cup title in a row.

Coach Jose Riveiro admits that it will not be easy with Richards Bay being their first hurdle.

“It’s a difficult team but at the same time we are happy to start our time again in the Nedbank Cup. We have nice memories of this competition in the last two seasons as everybody knows we have a difficult task ahead of us to defend the title one more time but at the same time it’s something nice to have the opportunity to defend titles every season. We going to try our best understanding that it’s a tough game, everything will be played in one game and we have to be at our best as usual.”