Fasten your seatbelts for a spine-tingling finish to the season as champions Mamelodi Sundowns and determined pretenders Bidvest Wits as well as Cape Town City battle it out for the premiership title. All three sides were in action on Monday and provided twists and turns to the title race that would not have been out of place in a Brazilian soap opera. Wits and Sundowns met in a top-of-the-table league showdown at Bidvest Stadium and produced a display that served as a delectable appetiser to look forward to in the final weeks of the campaign. And while Wits won 1-0 to go top of the log, Sundowns were not disgraced and gave warning that they will not give up their title without a fight. Wits (51 points) are one point clear of second-placed Sundowns and the two have five games remaining. After going at each other in a tension-riddled first half, Wits finally broke the deadlock after Ben Motshwari benefited from a Sifiso Myeni cross and powered home a beautiful header that beat Downs ...
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