Platinum Stars will be eager to end the University of Pretoria's golden run when they travel to the South African capital to take on the league's in-form team in an Absa Premiership encounter at Tuks Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Kick-off is at 7:30pm.
AmaTuks have put together an unbeaten run of eight games which has subsequently rocketed them up into the top eight, having made a poor start to the 2014/2015 league season.
The Tshwane outfit are two wins away from winning the Q3-innovation and will look to move a step closer to doing so with a win over Dikwena in midweek.
AmaTuks captain Tebogo Monyai expects to come up against a fired-up Stars outfit who will be buoyed by their first league win since 6 December last year.
"It's becoming tougher and tougher, the record says we have not lost at home to them [Platinum Stars], but they come here in a tricky situation. They are eager to climb up the ladder and escape the relegation zone so they will be firing on all cylinders to try and get something out of the game," said Monyai.
"Playing at home is an advantage, the main target for us at the moment is to claim the Q3. There is a lot at stake and for us that is a lot of money. That is our biggest motivation at the moment and come tomorrow, [Wednesday] we will be ready to grab maximum points.
"The win for them [on Sunday] was a moral boost. Maybe it is the win that they needed to turn things around. They will be eager to build on that, it won't be easy for us or them, but we have been doing well and we are confident."
Allan Freese's men snapped a seven-match winless streak with a 1-0 win over Moroka Swallows at the weekend.
Striker Eleazar Rodgers hopes his side can build on the victory as they aim to stay clear of the relegation zone having now managed to condemn the Dube Birds to 15th spot on the log.
"Another away game for us, we need the three points and will do everything possible to achieve just that. We won our last game and will take that momentum into the game at Tuks," said Rodgers.
"Tuks have always been a difficult team to beat. They don't have any big name players, but they have still continued to do well.
"They have a good team and managed to kick on since changing coaches. Yes they have been in good form, put together an impressive unbeaten run and we will be out to change that."
In head-to-head stats, Tuks and Stars have met in five league matches since 2012/13.
Each side has claimed one win and there have been three drawn encounters.
The Pretoria side has an unbeaten record at home to Stars, with one win and one draw from two matches.
When the teams met earlier this season they played to a goalless draw in Rustenburg.
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