Mamelodi Sundowns' "not acceptable" schedule could favour Kaizer Chiefs ahead of the crunch Betway Premiership encounter.
If Chiefs needed a loophole they could exploit in the Sundowns team, it could be the fatigue factor.
With Saturday's tie, the Tshwane giants will be playing their fourth game in 10 days, while Nasreddine Nabi's men only be playing their second in 11 days.
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Even if the men from Naturena did not have their fixture postponed against Royal AM, they still would have played less games than their next opponents.
Miguel Cardoso has labelled their congested fixture schedule as "not acceptable" ahead of the showdown at Lucas Moripe Stadium.
"Regarding the organisation of the calendar, I could speak a lot. It's not normal. In Europe, it would be forbidden to play (next) match in less than 72 hours. Obviously not normal and not acceptable for my personal part," Cardoso said in his pre-match press conference.
"But we will cope for it and we will prepare for it. That's what we have been doing for a long time and these players also are used to having a lot of demands.
"So, we will, for sure, be on the level for such a game where the expectation is more from the outside rather than the inside, because these players played these matches many times.
"It would be normal to have similar calendar. Chiefs also did not [have] the responsibility in Royal AM situation, it happened like that. They will do the job, we'll do our job in the best way. We'll have to cope with the context," the Portuguese mentor added.
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Sundowns played their best line-up in a 4-2 win over Sekhukhune United in midweek and it remains to be seen if Cardoso will refresh his side.
This, after he admitted they were tired from an Orlando Pirates game after a 1-0 defeat to TS Galaxy two weeks ago, where he did not change his team following a 4-1 drubbing of Jose Riveiro's charges.