With 11 league matches remaining before the activities for the current soccer season come to an end, the chances for Black Leopards to gain automatic promotion to the elite league are becoming slim. The only thing Lidoda Duvha can console themselves with for now is that six of their remaining fixtures will be played in front of their home crowd.
Their six home fixtures include tomorrow's outing against Witbank Spurs. The Thohoyandou outfit will travel to Durban next weekend, where they will play against Royal Eagles at the Princess Magogo Stadium. The following fixture will be against Moroka Swallows at Thohoyandou on Saturday, 12 March.
Their other home matches will be against African Warriors (9 April), Mthatha Bucks (17 April), Amazulu (30 April) and Santos (15 May). Their last league fixture will be against Vasco da Gama in Cape Town. Their remaining away fixtures are: Royal Eagles (27 April), Milano United (18 March), Cape Town All Stars (23 April), Highlandspark (7 May) and Vasco da Gama (22 May).
A quick look at the other Limpopo-based side, Baroka FC, shows that they are likely to surrender their log leadership within the next three weeks. Unlike Black Leopards, who have six remaining fixtures at home, Baroka will play six of their remaining 11 matches away from home.
They have three tricky fixtures to play in a row. They will fly to Cape Town tomorrow, where they will meet Cape Town All Stars at the Athlone Stadium. Their remaining away fixtures are against Cape Town All Stars, Amazulu, Mbombela United, Vasco da Gama, Royal Eagles and African Warriors, while their matches against Highlandspark, Santos, Thanda Royal Zulu, Witbank Spurs and Milano United will be played on home soil.