PIC:  Patrick Maswanganyi scored twice for Orlando Pirates against Richards Bay

Defending champions Orlando Pirates and their great Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs have both advanced to the Last 16 of the Nedbank after comfortable victories on Sunday.
Pirates defeated fellow top-tier Richards Bay as Patrick Maswanganyi netted a brace and Tshegofatso Mabasa got the other for The Buccaneers.
Yanela Mbuthuma got what proved a consolation goal for the home side, but the visitors were always comfortable winners.
Pirates coach Jose Riveiro takes his winning run of ties in the Nedbank Cup to 11 and is yet to taste defeat after claiming the trophy in both 2023 and 2024. He is looking to become the first coach to win three years in a row.
Chiefs eased past fellow Gauteng side Free Agents FC, beating the third-tier outfit 4-0 for the biggest win so far of the Last 32.
Pule Mmodi set them on their way with an early brace that settled any nerves there may have been among AmaKhosi fans to give them a 2-0 lead at the break.
Angolan defender Inácio Miguel and Ranga Chivaviro added further goals in the second half as Chiefs dominated the contest.
Polokwane City edged third-tier The Bees 1-0 thanks to a strike from Raymond Daniels, but they were made to work hard for the win.
Limpopo ABC Mostepe League side Mpheni Home Defenders ensured there would be at least one third-tier team in the Last 16 draw when they beat second-tier Hungry Lions at the Thohoyandou Stadium.
Rophney Hlungwane put Home Defenders in front, but that lead lasted only two minutes before Kagiso Ndlovu equalised for Lions.
Home Defenders would not be denied though and goals from Halatedzi Matumba and Brandon Mokgope gave them a comfortable win in the end.

It is the first instance this year of a team from a lower division beating an opponent from higher up the South African football and also ensures that a third-tier side, or lower, has made the Last 16 of the Nedbank Cup every season bar 2020,

NEDBANK CUP LAST 32 FIXTURES & RESULTS

Friday, January 24

Pretoria Callies 0 Marumo Gallants 1 (Mphambaniso 90’)

Saturday, January 25

Lamontville Golden Arrows 1 (Theron 75’) Chippa United 2 (Kwayiba 71’, Theron 77’og)

Umvoti 0 Baroka FC 3 (Mashioane, Makume, Combi)

Venda FC 1 (Mutsivhuli 74’) Cape Town Spurs 3 (Bezuidenhout 14’, Moroole 45’, Moosa 65’)

Lerumo Lions 0 Durban City 2 (Nzuza 20’, Chonco 46’)

Mamelodi Sundowns 5 (Khoza 2’, Matthews 15’, 41’, Sales 69’, Kodisang 90’) Sibanye Golden Stars 2 (Mokhatla 54’, Rankali 61’)

Sunday, January 26
Richards Bay 1 (Mbuthuma 47’) Orlando Pirates 3 (Maswanganyi 22', 26', Mabasa 90')

Mpheni Home Defenders 3 (Hlungwane 20’, Mokgope 32’, Matuma 68’) Hungry Lions 1 (Ndlovu 30’)

Polokwane City 1 (Daniels 49’) The Bees 0

Kaizer Chiefs 4 (Mmodi 18’, 26, Miguel 62’, Chivaviro 83’) Free Agents FC 0

Monday, January 27

19:00 - Sekhukhune United vs Cape Town City (Old Peter Mokaba Stadium)

Tuesday, January 28

19:00 - AmaZulu vs Mighty Eagles (King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium)
19:00 - Stellenbosch FC vs Kruger United (Danie Craven Stadium)

19:00 - Magesi FC vs SuperSport United (Old Peter Mokaba Stadium)

Wednesday, January 29

19:00 - TS Galaxy vs CR Vasco Da Gama (Mbombela Stadium)

TOURNAMENT STATS 

Matches Played: 10

Goals Scored: 33

Biggest Victory: Kaizer Chiefs 4 Free Agents FC 0 (Last 32, January 26)

Most Goals in a Game: 7 – Mamelodi Sundowns 5 Sibanye Golden Stars 2 (Last 32, January 25) 

GOALSCORERS

2 goals – Patrick Maswanganyi (Orlando Pirates), Tashreeq Matthews (Mamelodi Sundowns), Pule Mmodi (Kaizer Chiefs)

1 goal – Keenan Bezuidenhout (Cape Town Spurs), Ranga Chivaviro (Kaizer Chiefs), Lindokuhle Chonco (Durban City), Clyde Combi (Baroka FC), Raymond Daniels (Polokwane City), Rophney Hlungwane (Mpheni Home Defenders), Malibongwe Khoza (Mamelodi Sundowns), Kobamelo Kodisang (Mamelodi Sundowns), Sinoxolo Kwayiba (Chippa United), Tshegofatso Mabasa (Orlando Pirates), Bonginkosi Makume (Baroka FC), Tshepho Mashiloane (Baroka FC), Halatedzi Matumba (Mpheni Home Defenders), Yanela Mbuthuma (Richards Bay), Inacio Miguel (Kaizer Chiefs), Brandon Mokgope (Mpheni Home Defenders), Mojalefa Mokhatla (Sibanye Golden Stars), Therlo Moosa (Cape Town Spurs), Jarrod Moroole (Cape Town Spurs), Monde Mphambaniso (Marumo Gallants), Rotonswa Mutsivhuli (Venda FC), Kagiso Ndlovu (Hungry Lions), Siphamandla Nzuza (Durban City), Boeletsang Rankali (Sibanye Golden Stars), Arthur Sales (Mamelodi Sundowns), Brandon Theron (Lamontville Golden Arrows) 

Own goal – Brandon Theron (Lamontville Golden Arrows)