KwaZulu-Natal get home spoils in Carling Cup draw

Both semifinals of the Carling Knockout will be played in KwaZulu-Natal as Lamontville Golden Arrows were drawn at home to Marumo Gallants and Richards Bay will host Orlando Pirates.

The draw for the last four was conducted after Gallants’ emphatic 4-0 home win over Stellenbosch in Bloemfontein on Wednesday in the last of the quarterfinal ties.

The semifinals will be played on the weekend of 8-9 November but the exact date and venues will be announced in the next days by the Premier Soccer League.

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Arrows and Gallants will be playing in the Betway Premiership in Umlazi on Saturday in what is now a dress rehearsal for the cup tie a week later.

Richards Bay compete in a third successive Carling Knockout semifinal and both two previous semis were played at home where they lost to Stellenbosch (0-3) in 2023 and Magesi (0-1) in 2004.

They were both played in Durban and it could be that they move the game against Pirates to a bigger stadium in Durban as well.

Pirates have won the competition previously but none of the other semifinalists have had previous success in the League Cup.

FULL DRAW:

Semifinal 1: Golden Arrows vs Marumo Gallants

Semifinal 2: Richards Bay vs Orlando Pirates