Why Sundowns might think twice about letting Mokoena take a penalty against Pirates

[p]That decider ended [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mamelodi-sundowns-lxZ6Bzh6/orlando-pirates-p4SF9EMI/?mid=n3XcaNXc"]0-0[/a] at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, the same venue as Saturday’s 2026 final, which will see the two best teams in South Africa renew their rivalry with an 18h00 kick-off.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zungu-bongani/2kLGq9RT/"]Bongani Zungu[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendieta-junior-leandro/fR2yc7n9/"]Junior Mendieta[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mokoena-teboho/MFTeufFd/"]Teboho Mokoena[/a] missed the first three spot-kicks in the shoot-out for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mamelodi-sundowns/lxZ6Bzh6/"]Sundowns[/a] as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orlando-pirates/p4SF9EMI/"]Pirates[/a] triumphed, part of a run that sees the Buccaneers chase an unprecedented fifth successive MTN8 title.[/p][p]Including that fixture, which is a draw for the record books, the teams have met nine times since, with two wins each and five draws.[/p][p]They met again in the MTN8 semi-finals in 2025 and, following two 1-1 draws, Pirates triumphed once more on penalties. Mokoena missed again in the shoot-out, alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/allende-marcelo/Wn4UQCs8/"]Marcelo Allende[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chaine-sipho/pO7ZpkDI/"]Sipho Chaine[/a] has the Bafana Bafana star’s number, it seems, from 12 yards.[/p][embed guid="4ddd2a4b-05e6-4275-b007-309a8d3afed0" url="https://x.com/orlandopirates/status/2108653403626930263?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The teams have been involved in four shoot-outs in the past and Pirates have won three of them. They also claimed victory in the 1993 BP Top Eight semi-final replay, so have a hat-trick in this competition.[/p][p]But Sundowns triumphed in the 1998 Bob Save Super Bowl final replay to lift that trophy.[/p][p]Given that three of the last four meetings between the sides have ended in draws, penalties could well come into the picture again.[/p][p] [/p][infobox id="584d9683-f419-4696-8cb3-c155213092a0" /]