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Orlando Pirates vs Richards Bay - Wednesday, 11 March 2026

league: South Africa - Betway Premiership

Orlando Pirates welcome Richards Bay to the Orlando Amstel Arena in a Betway Premiership clash that arrives at an interesting moment in the season. The hosts have pieced together a strong run in the league, highlighted by their away win at Polokwane City, where they edged it 1-2, and a dominant 3–0 home victory over Marumo Gallants. Add in a convincing 3–0 success at Kaizer Chiefs and a solid draw against Casric Stars, and you get a side that looks confident, balanced, and increasingly ruthless in both boxes as the campaign moves into its decisive stretch.

Recent weeks have also reminded Orlando Pirates that the margins at the top are thin. Their narrow home defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns, a tight contest that finished 1-2, underlined both their competitiveness and the need for sharper game management in big fixtures. Still, with a record of 13 wins, 2 draws, and 3 losses in the league, they remain firmly in the title conversation. News around the camp has focused on maintaining momentum, rotating smartly in a busy schedule, and keeping key attacking players fresh as they look to turn territorial dominance into consistent, match‑winning scorelines.

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Fiorentina vs Rakow - Thursday, 12 March 2026

league: Europe - Conference League

Unhappy finalist of this Conference League in 2023 and 2024, Fiorentina has legitimate ambitions this season. Sluggish during the regular phase, the Tuscans had to settle for 15th place with a record of 3 victories and 3 defeats. Forced to go through the play-offs, they struggled to overcome Jagiellonia 5-4 after extra time at the end of the two-way matches. In the championship, the Viola is fighting not to go down and today occupies 16th place in the ranking with the same number of points as the first relegation. La Fiorentina est parvenue à hausser son niveau depuis quelques semaines, ce qui lui a permis de sortir de la zone rouge, et recevait Parme le week-end dernier à venir.

Belle surprise de cette Ligue Conférence, Rakow n'a concédé aucun revers lors de la phase régulière 4 victoires et 2 matchs nuls. These great performances allowed him to take 2nd place in the ranking and thus qualify directly for the 8th finals. On the national scene, the Poles are currently 5th and are 4 units behind the leader. Beaten at Lech Poznan 4-3, they hosted Pogon Szczecin last weekend. 

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Lech Poznan vs Shakhtar Donetsk - Thursday, 12 March 2026

league: Europe - Conference League

Lech Poznan were forced to participate in a play-off to reach the round of 16 following their very good 11th place in the league phase. A very well negotiated play-off by the Poles against the Finns of KuPS, winning the first round 0-2 and the second 1-0. During the league stage, Poznan beat SK Rapid 4-1, Lausanne 2-0 and Sigma Olomouc 1-2. This will apply to the return match, but Lech conceded two defeats on the road against Rayo Vallecano 3-2 and Lincoln 2-1. In the championship, the local players are 3rd with 3 lengths behind the leader, Zaglebie. Last weekend, the local team lost at Widzew Lodz 2-1, three days after their defeat in the cup quarter-final against Gornik Zabrze 0-1.

Shakhtar was exempt from the play-off following their very good 6th place in the league phase. A 6th place achieved thanks to successes against the Maltese of Hamrun 0-2, Shamrock Rovers 1-2, Breidablik 2-0 and Aberdeen 2-3. The only defeat was against Legia 1-2. After a long break, the championship resumed at the end of February for Shakhtar and they won their previous four days, against Episentr 5-0, Karpaty Lviv 3-0, Veres-Rivne 1-0 and last weekend against Oleksandriya 0-1. 

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Bastia vs Boulogne - Friday, 13 March 2026

league: France - Ligue 2

The Mass is not yet quite said on the Bastia side but this team is moving a little more each week towards relegation to Nationale 1 which now seems almost inevitable. Only 8 days before the end of this exercise, the residents of Furiani are still last in the ranking and they especially deplore a delay of 8 points on the first non-relegation. Unfortunately for him, Sporting has been moving slowly for several weeks with draws against Nancy 0-0, Reims 0-0, Troyes 0-0 and Dunkirk 1-1 and a defeat conceded at home against Annecy 0-2. Finally, last week, the Corsicans were once again forced to share the points with Pau 2-2.

Boulogne, for its part, is on the contrary in a very good position to ensure its maintenance from now on. Those who had been promoted just a few days before the start of this exercise were able to get up to the level of Ligue 2 and they now occupy 12th place in the ranking with a fairly comfortable lead of 7 points over the Amiens play-off at the start of this 27th day. Defeated at home by Clermont 0-2, the USBCO players were then looking for a good point in Grenoble 0-0 before giving themselves a big breath of fresh air last week by dominating Amiens 4-2.

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Clermont vs Pau FC - Friday, 13 March 2026

league: France - Ligue 2

Although it only occupies 14th place in the ranking, Clermont Foot seems to have done the hardest in the race to maintain its position. He actually has a relatively comfortable margin of 5 points on the play-off before the last 8 days and can therefore see it coming even if he will still have to take a few points between now and the end of the season. Grégory Proment's men have had some good performances in recent weeks, winning against Boulogne 0-2 then at home against Dunkirk 2-0. On the other hand, the Auvergnats had to give up their weapons last week against the Trojan leader, not really helped by the refereeing. Pau, for its part, no longer has much to really hope for in recent days.

After having long monopolized the top 5 during the first part of this exercise, this team lost contact with the best in recent months and it fell to 11th position in the ranking, 6 lengths from the 5th qualifying place for the play-offs. Not really celebrating in recent weeks, Thierry Debès' men had suffered 3 defeats in a row against Boulogne 1-2, Troyes 4-3 and against Saint-Etienne 0-3. But last weekend, the Béarnais finally stopped this bad series by holding the red lantern Bastiaise to a draw at home 2-2. 

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Stellenbosch vs TS Galaxy - Friday, 13 March 2026

league: South Africa - Betway Premiership

Stellenbosch’s meeting with TS Galaxy in the Betway Premiership comes at a point in the season where every point feels heavier, especially with the league deep into its 2025/26 campaign and attention fixed on the battle for continental spots. Steve Barker’s side have recently edged AmaZulu 1–0 at home and produced an impressive away win over Kaizer Chiefs, a match that finished 1-2. Those results were offset by a narrow 1–0 defeat away to Lamontville Golden Arrows and a 1–1 draw with Magesi, underlining how fine the margins have been in their recent fixtures.

TS Galaxy arrive with a mixed run that has nevertheless generated plenty of discussion in South African football circles, particularly after their strong 2–0 home victory over Mamelodi Sundowns and a solid 1–0 success against Marumo Gallants. At the same time, they have stumbled in some away games, including a 2–0 defeat at Durban City, where the scoreline 2-0 highlighted their vulnerability on the road. A recent 1–0 loss away to Siwelele, reflected in the 1-0 scoreline, has also kept questions alive about their consistency when they leave their own ground.

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