Nedbank Cup: Kaizer Chiefs' Semi Final Record in South Africa's FA Cup

• Kaizer Chiefs will take on Orlando Pirates in a Nedbank Cup semi-final on Saturday afternoon
• In terms of their record at this stage in South Africa's FA Cup, the Amakhosi is rather middling
• They have won two semi-finals and lost two others since the competition's rebranding in 2008

Kaizer Chiefs have been involved in four Nedbank Cup semi-finals since 2008 with mixed success but will be hoping to improve their record when they tackle Soweto rivals, Orlando Pirates in the latest instalment at the FNB Stadium on Saturday.

It will certainly be a rather rare Nedbank Cup meeting between the two giants of South African football, being just the second time they have met in the competition in the last 15 years.

Sports Brief has looked back at the Chiefs' four semi-final clashes, per the Nedbank Cup website and how these last four matches turned out, per SuperSport.

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2013 – Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 United FC

Dan Malesela’s second-tier United FC were surprise semi-finalists and ultimately fell to Chiefs, but it might have been different had they not suffered terrible stage fright for the first half of the game. The AmaKhosi led 2-0 at half-time after goals from Lehlohonolo Majoro and George Lebese, seeming to be cruising to victory.

However, United FC went from passive in the first half to firing in the second and finally scored through a Walter Maponyane penalty. It might have been a different story had they started the game the way they finished it.

2014 – Bidvest Wits 2-2 Kaizer Chiefs

This was a superb see-saw battle that had Chiefs twice coming from behind in the tie, but ultimately losing on penalties. Sibusiso Vilakazi put Bidvest Wits in front via the penalty spot, before the AmaKhosi got a spot kick of their own that was converted by Katlego Mphela.

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Former Chiefs striker, Sthembiso Ngcobo put Wits back into the lead in the second half but George Maluleka levelled again in a frenetic opening to the second half. The game went to extra time and spot kicks before Wits eventually triumphed 4-2.

2018 – Kaizer Chiefs 0-2 Free State Stars

It would be four years before the Chiefs reappeared in the semi-finals and it would prove a disappointment again. They took the game to Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium amid a difficult run under then-coach, Steve Komphela and were undone by a hungrier Free State Stars side.

The damage was done early as Stars’ Harris Tchilimbou opened the scoring inside a minute and then added a second before half-time. Unruly scenes at the end of the game from Chiefs fans led to Komphela's resignation.

2019 – Chippa United 2-4 Kaizer Chiefs

Chiefs were back in the semi-finals the following year and this time completed the job in style, though it was only a rally in the final 15 minutes that put them through against coach, Clinton Larsen’s Chippa United. Dumisani Zuma had the AmaKhosi in front, but when Andile Mbenyane and Lerato Manzini scored in a seven-minute second-half spell, the game was turned on its head.

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Chiefs looked to be heading out, but the game swung again as their Madagascan midfielder, Dax equalised, with Bernard Parker and Khama Billiat adding further goals. The AmaKhosi would go on to famously lose to second-tier TS Galaxy in the final.

Pirates' Nedbank Cup semis history

As with Chiefs, Sports Brief also dove deep into how the Pirates fared in the semi-finals of the tournament in the last 15 years.