Richards Bay square off with CT City as clubs battle for survival

THE Premiership makes a return this weekend, and with the heat still on at both ends of the table, a great deal still hangs in the balance.

- OBAKENG MELETSE

Richards Bay FC are set to welcome Cape Town City at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Umlazi on Friday night (7.30pm kick-off) in what will be a potential tiebreaker in their relegation scrap.

And while Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns have their focus fully on continental football, an opportunity to make up ground for those below them will be available in a weekend that can shape up some of the key positions in the table.

Here Obakeng Meletse looks at five upcoming fixtures, and the impact they could have as the season's light begins to fade...

Richards Bay FC vs Cape Town City
Both teams are currently on 24 points each, and any result that comes out of their clash will have direct implications in their relegation battle, as only three points separate them from 11th-placed Magesi FC.

A brace from Amadou Soukouna handed City a 2-1 win the last time the two sides met in January. The Frenchman's double strike cancelled out Yanela Mbuthuma’s eighth-minute opener to hand his side a crucial win.