Watch VideoRelegation battle heats up: Orbit College face pivotal clash against Golden Arrows

Edgar Manaka of Marumo Gallants FC challenges Thabang Nhlapo of Orbit College FC during the Betway Premiership as the two sides embark on a fight for survival. Orbit College are enduring the wrath of top-flight football as they are stuck at the foot of the Betway Premiership standings with 19 points, just two ahead of thebasement dwellers Magesi, who have a slight advantage of a game in hand. Orbit are suffering the fate of most rookies in the top-flight.

But instead of allowing themselves to freely drown in the relegation quagmire and surrender their top-flight status at the first attempt, they must fight in the last six games and let other results take care of themselves. That fight has to start against Golden Arrows at Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off). Granted, it will be a struggle for the Mswenko Boyz to get the much-needed win, given the fact that they are winless in their last four games.

However, they cannot allow that to deter them – they must dig deep and show the same fighting spirit shown in thegoalless draw with Marumo Gallants last Saturday. Orbit have their own flaws, but on a good day they are able to cause upsets and put up a good fight, which is exactly what they’ll need to do going forward. Crunch time separates pretenders from challengers, with the desperation resulting in teams making mistakes and losing focus.That’s why the best team on the night usually comes away with the result due to focus and attitude. Crunch time separates pretenders from challengers, with the desperation resulting in teams making mistakes and losing focus.