Ajax Cape Town feel that tomorrow's opponents Kaizer Chiefs are not as sharp as they were at the beginning of the season and could be ripe for the picking when the two clubs meet in an Absa Premiership fixture at FNB Stadium.

Kickoff is at 7.30pm.

"I don't think Kaizer Chiefs are top of their game right now. Maybe it's a good time to play them right now," coach Roger de Sa told a pre-match press conference in Cape Town yesterday.

"They are distracted by the African Champions League and in the league it is crunch time for them. Then they also have the derby against Orlando Pirates at the weekend and I know having been involved in the derby before that the players will have an eye on Saturday's game.

"They can't help it with the massive hype up in Gauteng before the derby. That might be a good thing for us too."

He said Chiefs might rest a few players before the derby on Saturday "so a few things might go our way," he said. "They don't have the biggest squad and so there must be a bit of fatigue there. They are not as good as they were."