Cape Town City 1-1 Orlando Pirates
Orlando Pirates and Cape Town City shared the spoils in a hotly contested top-of-the-table clash in the DStv Diski Challenge at the Malta Park on Sunday.
After opening his account for the Citizens recently, Jody Ah Shene came to his side's aid again with the opener moments from the start and saw his side ahead at the break.
Pirates rallied back following the interval and claimed a point courtesy of a penalty conversion by Sonwabo Khumalo as Gomolemo Khoto succumbed to a challenge in the area.
With this result, the Citizens lost top spot to SuperSport United who defeated Chippa United whereas Pirates remain third on the table.
Marumo Gallants FC 1-6 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns crushed bottom-two outfit Marumo Gallants FC 6-1 to bring their DStv Diski Challenge campaign back on track on Saturday.
Sundowns were comfortable from the start and raced to a two-goal lead before having a penalty saved by goalkeeper Nakedi Mpaneng and were two goals up at the break.
The Brazilians didn't take their foot of the accelerator and continued to put Bahlabane Ba Ntwa to the sword after the break and bagged the win to cement their top eight spot.
Maritzburg United 0-1 Stellenbosch FC
Stellenbosch FC maintained hopes of retaining their title after recording a narrow 1-0 victory over Maritzburg United at the Harry Gwala Stadium.
The Team of Choice, who steadily climbed from the bottom-two on the table with decent wins, are now on the back-foot yet again as the three points keep the Maroons firm in the top-six.
TS Galaxy 1-1 Royal AM
TS Galaxy were denied back-to-back wins following last weekend's victory over Sundowns and settled for a 1-1 draw against Royal AM at the Isak Steyl Stadium.
Kgagara got the host ahead in the first half and the Rockets went to the break a goal to the good, but Royal AM replied and snatched a point in the second half to remain in the bottom-half bracket.
SuperSport United 5-2 Chippa United
SuperSport United surged to the top of the Diski Challenge with a dominant 5-2 victory over Chippa United at the TUT Stadium.
Matsatsantsa hit the ground earlier on through Thabang Makhubo and extended their lead before halftime courtesy of Keenan Bezuidenhout after a combination with Makhubo.
Shandre Campbell handed the host a third shortly from the break before Bezuidenhout bagged their fourth afterwards and made Chippa's task to a comeback difficult.
However, the Chilli Boys cut the advantage later on and threatened to salvage something from the tie with their second a few minutes gone.
Matsatsantsa, though, remained calm and found a fifth from a finish by Tendamudzimu Matodzi and left the Chilli Boys empty handed as well as at the bottom of the league table.
AmaZulu 2-1 Swallows FC
AmaZulu cemented their position in the top-half with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over a struggling Swallows FC outfit in Umlazi.
The Dube Birds threatened victory following the opener early in the second half, but Usuthu replied through Lwandile Ngcobo's freak shot from a corner-kick.
Usuthu continued to enjoy the positive momentum in attack and secured the winner with a finish from Sphamandla Zikhali and denied the Dube Birds any points whatsoever.
Sekhukhune United 1-1 Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows left their spot in the top eight in the balance following a 1-1 draw against at Sekhukhune United and furthermore failed to register successive wins.
Having crushed Gallants 4-0 last Sunday, the visitors entered the match in high spirits though trailed early on from Bongumusa Dlamini's effort.
A penalty from the free-scoring and in-form Sabelo Duma minutes after going behind levelled matters and in the end rescued a point for Abafana Besthende.
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