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KHAMA Billiat is seven months into his new job as a Kaizer Chiefs player, but he’s yet to hit the form that saw him inspire Mamelodi Sundowns to African dominance two years ago.

But if Chiefs need a Messiah today, the Zimbabwean forward has vowed to deliver the Glamour Boys to the Promised Land.

In what promises to be a thriller today (3.30pm), Chiefs lock horns with arch rivals Orlando Pirates at FNB Stadium in the second round of the Absa Premiership. It’s a Soweto Derby that Chiefs need to win having been the Buccaneers’ whipping boys in their last three meetings.

The stature of this match is so important that a win for Amakhosi will likely give their supporters some solace and comfort, should it be that they endure yet another barren run this season, with the league title unlikely, and possible Nedbank Cup honours still a long way down the line.

So for now, Billiat is aiming at giving the millions of Amakhosi faithful something to cheer about: “For me I look at it positively and I am sure that my teammates do as well,” he said of the sentiment that Chiefs’ supporters might be pinning their hopes on him to end Pirates’ dominance.