Golden Arrows coach Manqoba Mngqithi on the top eight finish in the PSL: It is getting exciting with each game as we head towards the end

Manqoba Mngqithi has predicted an exciting end to the PSL top eight fight as the season draws to an end.

The Golden Arrows coach said the chase for a top eight finish will also create a climax to the end of the current Betway Premiership campaign.

The Durban side are on the eighth spot on the PSL standings and they have Stellenbosch, Siwelele FC, Richards Bay and to a degree, TS Galaxy, breathing down their neck for a top eight finish.

“Very exciting, and worse for us, because we are playing mainly the teams that are around us. We don’t have any high flyers now that we are done with Chiefs, Sundowns, and Pirates, and this year, those are the only teams we have lost to among the big three,” Mngqithi told journalists.

“And we have done fairly well this year, but we have dropped the number of goals we are scoring, and that worries me, because I think we have improved a little bit defensively up until the game against Pirates.

“But I think we are going to have a very, very interesting run in the next six matches, and I think those games should help us consolidate our place in the top eight, because Siwelele is coming here, we’ve got AmaZulu in that space, we’ve got Polokwane City, TS Galaxy, all these teams that we are competing with for the top eight spot.

“And I must say, these boys have really done well in the six-pointers. The worst result we get in a six-pointer has always been a draw, but we hardly lose six-pointers, and I think amongst their peers, they’re very proficient.”