Rise and Shine have endured a difficult start to their Betway Premiership campaign with just one win from their opening eight games.
They most recently suffered a 1-0 defeat to Siwelele in the league at the weekend, to sit in 11th place on the league standings with just seven points.
"We need to get our momentum, especially here at home. If we can get that one win, I think going forward it's going to be easy for us," he said in the Citizen.
"We need that luck to win games, and if we can get this one at the weekend, I think everything will be fine.
"It's frustrating us, especially senior players, as we've not done well. I think this weekend we must just fight hard to progress to the next round."
Reflecting on their recent reverse to Siwelele, Nikani added: “We played them last weekend and we are playing them again now. Now we know what we need to do. So, I think we will fix our mistakes, where we did wrong, to progress to the next stage.”
Golden Arrows became the first team to book their place in the Carling Knockout quarter-finals after thrashing Chippa United 4-0 at King Zwelithini Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
AmaZulu and Sekhukhune United are among the favourites to progress ahead of the upcoming four Carling Knockout Cup Round of 16 fixtures this weekend.
Siwelele leave it late to seal first Betway Premiership win of the season clash with narrow 1-0 victory against Polokwane City at the Free State Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Stellenbosch FC coach Gavin Hunt believes his side can challenge for the Carling Knockout Cup despite their inconsistent start to the Betway Premiership season, pointing to the competition's history of producing unexpected winners.
