Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou backs young squad to deliver Betway Premiership title

The Buccaneers are one win away from claiming their first top-flight title in 14 years.

They were held to a goalless draw in their most recent Premiership encounter with Durban city, where victory would have been enough to secure top honours.

But they currently sit behind perennial league winners Mamelodi Sundowns and need to get the job done with all three points at the Mbombela Stadium on the final day of the season.

"You must verify, but I think we have the third youngest team in the PSL," Ouaddou said in the Star.

"So you have an advantage of having a young team – there's freshness and a lot of qualities. But sometimes there's a disadvantage when dealing with these kinds of games of pressure.

"When you have a young team, you need to keep working. So, I hope that we will respond against Orbit College."

Pirates were wasteful in their clash with Durban City, especially from set-pieces.

Looking ahead to the weekend's clash, the head coach added: "If you can check the data now, Pirates is one of the best teams in either defending set-pieces or attacking set-pieces," Ouaddou said. "It means that we've worked hard as the technical team in that area.

"But still, there's a large area to improve. When you have that many set-pieces and don't manage to score at least one goal, it means that we still have a lot of work to be done.

“People think that it's the height of the players that contribute to converting set-pieces, but I think it's the timing, judging the flight of the ball, and aggressiveness to convert. There are many factors contributing in this area.”