Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Cassius Mailula admits they face a tough battle against Royal AM as he believes Thwihli Thwahla will not be an easy match.

The Brazilians are scheduled to face Royal AM in their next DStv Premiership when they do battle at the Chatsworth Stadium on Saturday.

Mailula has been in some form for Sundowns since gaining promotion to the first team, having already bagged five goals in six appearances across all competitions.

The 21-year-old has urged his side to maintain the same mentality that they showed in their 5-0 hammering of Maritzburg United in mid-week action of the DStv Premiership.

“It’s not going to be an easy game, now [that] they have the confidence and feel that they can actually win this game because they’ve been losing games and they haven’t been doing very well as seen from their last three games. I think it’s going to be a very good game on Saturday, everyone in our team is ready and everything is going well so far,” Mailula told his club’s official website.

“[We will play with the] same mentality, you could see in the first half against Maritzburg we were playing a very high intensity game. We were going hard on them, pressing and [being] aggressive, we did everything together as a team and helped each other.

“I think even the mentality was good, everyone was running and willing to give in extra work. As you know, Royal AM is also a very hard team that likes to press and play. In this game we will have to also have the same mentality that we had in the first half against Maritzburg.”

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