Maritzburg United coach warns Orlando Pirates after Nedbank Cup exit

Davids stated that the exit from the cup has made his team stronger for the battle in the remaining matches. Maritzburg is ready to fight with all their might to win the remaining matches and survive relegation.

Although they lost to Kaizer Chiefs last week, Davids hopes to take the positives out of the game into their next match against Pirates.

"We had discussions this week about working together as a unit, and that's what we are going to do from now on," he said.

Davids explained further, "Not the best performance with the ball against Chiefs. Hopefully, we can take the positives out of that game into our next match against Pirates and it will definitely prepare us for that war."

He added, "But the belief has to come now from the players knowing that they can go toe-to-toe with any team."

Davids will face Mandla Ncikazi, the current assistant coach of Pirates, for the first time after leaving the club in June last year.

Pirates' coach, Jose Riveiro, is suspended for the match following his straight red card against All Stars on Saturday.

While Maritzburg will be without Travis Graham, who was sent off against Chiefs, Pirates will welcome skipper Innocent Maela back from a one-match ban.