Ajax Cape Town captain Travis Graham says the side hope to take advantage of Kaizer Chiefs' chopping and changing in defence and the generosity of the organisers to play the final at sea level.

The Urban Warriors clash with Amakhosi in the MTN8 decider on Saturday at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape.

The midfielder said the pain of losing the Nedbank Cup decider to Mamelodi Sundowns at the end of the last campaign was also a huge spur to his side.

Graham believes his team is a lot wiser from that experience and are targeting putting the Chiefs defence that at times has looked less than secure this season under pressure.

"We have got a good bunch of strikers now and they are looking good.

"This is a good time for us to play Chiefs because they haven't been doing too well in defence and have struggled in that area," Graham said.

"We will do our best to take advantage of that and it will be important to take our chances early in the game."

The skipper added that returning to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium means the players can feel more settled.

"The last final . we didn't know what to expect.

"Everybody was a bit nervous. We didn't handle the pressure too well.

"But I think this time we have been through the occasion.

"We know what we are going into," Graham said..

"We were too concerned with the circumstances, the occasion, the crowd. We didn't play our normal game against Sundowns, but we learnt a lot."

Graham said the fact that the Urban Warriors had managed to retain just about all of their talent from last season made for a more cohesive unit.

Playing at sea level, he said, was a huge fillip to his side in a game where they expect to do a lot of running to contain Chiefs.

"It's a big bonus, it's difficult for us to acclimatise in Johannesburg. "It's something that can really work in our favour."

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