It's the final weekend of the Motsepe Foundation Championship and all eyes will be fixed on three fixtures which will determine who wins automatic promotion to the DStv Premiership.
The top three clubs in the second tier have a chance of winning automatic promotion, but none is more in control of the situation than Cape Town Spurs, who are on 56 points in 29 matches.
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After going down as Ajax Cape Town a few seasons ago, league leaders have a chance to come back with a different name and all they need to do is beat University of Pretoria at Athlone Stadium on Sunday to finally make their return to topflight football.
Going into the final weekend of the campaign, Spurs have a one point lead over second-placed Casric Stars, who let themselves down last weekend by playing to a 1-1 draw at home to Venda Football Academy. Had they won on home soil against Venda FA, they would be top of the standings and would be in control of the situation going into matchday 30 this weekend.
But now Casric have to rely on an inconsistent AmaTuks to beat Spurs, while they have to make sure that they beat All Stars in what should be a tightly contested game at Tsakane Stadium. A draw for Casric, and a defeat for Spurs, would mean both sides finish on the same number of points (56) and goal difference would come into play. As things stands, Spurs have a goal difference of +15 and Casric is on +12.
Third-placed Polokwane City are two points away from the top of the standings and need nothing less than a victory to give themselves hope of finishing at the summit.
A victory, and a defeat for both Spurs and Casric, would see Rise and Shine making a return to the Premiership, but a draw would not help their cause at all, even if the teams above them end up on the losing side. City host Pretoria Callies at Old Peter Mokaba Stadium on the final day of the season.
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None of these clubs would want to go into the play-offs, considering that, in recent seasons, the topflight sides have dominated. The likes of Swallows FC, Chippa United, Black Leopards, Maritzburg United and Baroka FC, have all in the past, edged their second-tier opponents to the elite league.
The matches on Sunday kickoff at 15h00.
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