Big PSL battle for Cape Town City

AS contests that can decide title chances will go‚ the Absa Premiership fixture that sees table-toppers Cape Town City take on Bidvest Wits at the Cape Town Stadium tonight is right up there.

City’s continued charge for the championship in the club’s first season is reaching Leicester City-esque proportions.

But in Wits‚ who are shaping up for their best chance at a first PSL title in their 96-year history‚ City might face their stiffest obstacle.

Wits can afford to lose, but if Gavin Hunt’s team can come back from the Cape with a point or more‚ they will set themselves up for an eight-match run-in to the end where the title will be within sight.

Eric Tinkler’s City can afford to lose far less.

On 45 points from 23 games‚ the Citizens have played two matches more than third-placed Wits (44 points) and fourth-placed defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns (41).

For Wits‚ even if a win will not significantly dent their title chances‚ there is everything to play for.

Hunt’s team can go a long way towards eliminating a now serious title chaser in City with a victory‚ while also keeping a small buffer between themselves and Downs‚ whom they meet in three matches time‚ on May 1 at the Bidvest Stadium.

Things are heating up at the top of the PSL‚ and nowhere more so than at the Cape Town Stadium tonight.