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MAMELODI Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso and his technical team will have to find a plan to contain in-form Relebohile Mofokeng if they are to get something out of their league encounter with Orlando Pirates on Wednesday night. Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns will meet in a Betway Premiership top-of-the-table clash at FNB Stadium on Wednesday night (7.30pm), eager to amass three points that could shape their title aspirations come May. Our soccer scribes,Mihlali Baleka,Herman Gibbs, andObakeng Meletsehave put their heads on the block below, predicting why Pirates will keep all three points in Soweto, why Sundowns will return with the win to Chloorkop, or why the game will simply end in a lovely draw.

The Sea Robbers are in cruise controlin the Betway Premiership, and not even their closest title rivals, Mamelodi Sundowns, seem capable of knocking them off track. Scheduled to meet in a top-of-the-table clash at FNB Stadium on Wednesday, Orlando Pirates are poised to defeat Sundowns and extend their lead at the summit to nine points over the second-placed Brazilians. This Pirates side is balanced across the pitch.

They are rock solid in defence, with No. 1 Sipho Chaine having kept 12 clean sheets in 16 league matches. While they lacked a truly lethal striker – though they bolstered the attack by signing Andre De Jong this summer – they have been clinical up front. Relebohile Mofokeng has been moving across the pitch like a magician, his dancing feet weaving past defenders and goalkeepers alike, scoring three goals and registering two assists in the last three games.