Teams affiliated with the Motsepe Foundation Championship League will play their second league matches of the current season this weekend.
Whether Black Leopards will continue from where they left off in their game against Pretoria Callies, with whom they played to a goalless draw at the TUT Stadium in Pretoria last Friday, remains to be seen. Lidoda Duvha will host Casric Stars at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday.
The Stars failed to impress their home crowd when they played to a 2-2 draw with Marumo Gallants in their opening match last Saturday. They could be in for a big surprise if Black Leopards' performance against Callies is anything to go by. The Thohoyandou side dominated the home team throughout the game, with their strikers struggling to finish.
Tshepo Matsimbi, Amukelani Chauke, and Sanele Zulu, Leopards' defenders, will be expected to keep their penalty area clean, while Rafic Namwera and Freddy Mathole will orchestrate things in the middle of the park.
Venda Football Club faces a long journey to Upington in the Northern Cape, where they will play against newly promoted Upington City FC at the Upington Stadium on Saturday.
Magesi FC, who started the new season strongly, will host Pretoria Callies at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. Magesi beat Baroka FC 2-1 in their opening match.
Marumo Gallants and Hungry Lions will battle for league points at Polokwane's New Peter Mokaba Stadium. Hungry Lions defeated Pretoria University FC 2-0 in their opening match.
Other fixtures include Pretoria University vs. Maritzburg United, JDR Stars vs. NB La Masia, Platinum City Rovers vs. Baroka FC, and Milford FC vs. Orbit College FC.