Overview
- Pirates, who drew 1-1 with Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday, stay first on 59 points with Sundowns on 58 and holding a game in hand.
- Mamelodi Sundowns visit Polokwane City at Seshego on Wednesday at 19:30, and a win would move them two points clear.
- Kaizer Chiefs travel to Siwelele on Wednesday at 19:30 as a seven-match unbeaten run and 47 points anchor third place and confirm MTN8 entry.
- Several Chiefs players, including Lebohang Maboe, Flavio Silva, Mfundo Vilakazi, Siphesihle Ndlovu and Nkosingiphile Ngcobo, risk suspension before the 6 May trip to Sundowns.
- Sundowns face a packed May with league matches squeezed around a two-legged CAF Champions League final on 15 and 24 May under a FIFA cutoff of 25 May.