Pressure mounts on GU ahead of derby

Madinda Ndlovu Pics Kabo Mpaetona.
Madinda Ndlovu Pics Kabo Mpaetona.

The bragging rights for the city of Gaborone will once again be on offer when rivals, Township Rollers and Gaborone United (GU), meet at the UB Stadium on Saturday.

The two meet at a time when the red side of Gaborone is under tremendous pressure following below par performances since the season begun.The midweek game against struggling TAFIC was seen as a do or die tie for GU if they were to see themselves catching up with other title rivals. Even struggling TAFIC came all the way to Gaborone to pile more misery on the title favourites. The two sides played to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday, leaving many GU supporters disappointed. They had hoped that the match against TAFIC would give them a morale booster before they take on Rollers tomorrow.

Although they have also had a bad start to the season, Rollers have managed to recover, three matches into the season, and will go into tomorrow's game as favorites. They however were also not successful in collecting maximum points on Wednesday as they drew with Wonder Sporting in Molepolole.During one of their meetings last season, GU humiliated their city rivals, 4-1 in a one sided Mascom Top 8 semi-final match. Tomorrow's clash promises to be a thriller with GU looking to bounce back by beating their fiercest rivals while Rollers still have last season's huge defeat in mind.

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