CAPE TOWN - Cape Town City aren’t reading all that much into neighbours Ajax Cape Town’s heavy 5-0 defeat to log leaders Wits in Johannesburg on Tuesday night.
In fact, the result has head coach Eric Tinkler treading very cautiously ahead of Saturday’s much-anticipated Mother City derby between the two Cape PSL clubs.
City and Ajax meet in a league fixture at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday night (kick-off 8.15pm). Last year, in the first derby between the two clubs, City emerged as 2-1 winners.
The two clubs head into the derby with contrasting moods permeating the two camps.
While Ajax are smarting from the embarrassing defeat to Wits, City are beaming after dismantling Highlands Park 3-0 to move into second position on the PSL standings, level on 28 points with leaders Wits.
“We can’t take this game against Ajax too lightly,” said Tinkler. “The harsh reality is that, in derbies such as these, form goes out of the window.
“While we may be going to the game with our morale high, and they lost heavily to Wits, we cannot under-estimate the opposition. If we do, we will come unstuck.
“Also, Ajax will be coming into this game highly motivated. They’ll have put the hammering behind them and they’ll see the fixture against us as an opportunity to redeem themselves. Make no mistake, we will have to work very hard to get a result.”