Ajax Cape Town will look for a second home win in the Absa Premiership when they host Moroka Swallows at the Newlands Stadium on Wednesday evening (kick-off 7.30pm).

The 'Urban Warriors' will still be licking their wounds following a 6-0 loss to Golden Arrows in the final of the MTN8 on Saturday. Stand-in coach Jan Pruijn admitted that his side were not as hungry on the night as 'Abafana Bes'thende' and both he and new man Foppe de Haan will expect to see a massive improvement against Swallows.

The good news for Ajax is that they finally managed to claim their first home of the season in their last league encounter, beating Bloemfontein Celtic 1-0 in Cape Town thanks to a late goal from Sifiso Vilakazi.

It may have taken Ajax six attempts to win a home league game but they will be glad to get that particular monkey off their back and try to make Newlands something of a fortress for the rest of the season.

Overall, the 'Urban Warriors' have made a steady start to their league campaign. The side sits in fifth place on the log after 11 rounds, with 18 points to their name. Log leaders SuperSport United are just four points clear, so Ajax can certainly feel that they are part of the leading pack chasing championship glory.

But the Cape side must first seek to overcome a Swallows side that has not been in the greatest of late. The Birds may have beaten Kaizer Chiefs 2-1 away from home in their last outing, but overall they lie 10th on the log table after winning just four of their 11 matches.

The two sides have met 20 times in league encounter since 1999/00 and it is Swallows who have the edge, having won nine matches to Ajax's eight. Each side has scored 28 goals against each other in the 20 games.

Last season Ajax defeated Swallows 4-2 in Gauteng but the 'Birds' claimed some measure of revenge with a 1-0 win in Cape Town.

The 'Urban Warriors' have generally fared well at home to the 'Birds', winning six of the ten league matches in which they have played host to the Soweto club and outscoring them 15 goals to 10.

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