After a three-week wait, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) kickstart their 2025 Hollywoodbets Super League season with a visit to their bitter rivals, defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.
The clash takes place at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Atteridgeville, near Pretoria – which is the same venue where the two teams brought down the curtain on the 2024 campaign, with the hosts winning 2-0 on the day.
Matches between the two sides are always tightly contested affairs, but with the league facing challenges of not all teams playing at the same time, this may affect this clash.
Sundowns Ladies will be playing their second game while UWC will be kicking off their season after several postponements.
There have been 10 clashes in the last five seasons, and Banyana ba Style have dominated this fixture with seven victories compared to two for the Blues, while one match was drawn.
UWC’s wins came in 2022 and last year, registering 2-0 and 1-0 triumphs respectively.
Against the Capetonians, the Brazilians have managed 14 goals while the visitors have scored only four.
It will be the first time UWC coach Thinasonke Mbuli faces Sundowns Ladies interim coach Godfrey Sapula following the suspension of Jerry Tshabalala.
Head-to-head: SUNDOWNS LADIES vs UWC
6 October 2019
3-0 (Sundowns)
11 Feb 2022
- (Sundowns)
9 May 2021
- (Sundowns)
28 November 2021
0-1 (Sundowns)
15 May 2022
2-0 (UWC)
18 September 2022
1-1
14 May 2023
- (Sundowns)
22 October 2023
1-0 (Sundowns)
21 March 2024
1-0 (UWC)
8 December 2024
2-0 (Sundowns)
The Sundowns Ladies clash is part of a double header at the Lucas Moripe Stadium.
It kicks off at 15h00 but will be preceded by a match between TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies who will face Copperbelt Ladies from Limpopo at 11h00.
After two games, the home team is yet register a win with two goalless draws, while the visitors will be keen to continue where they left off when they defeated Durban Ladies 3-0 in their first match of the 2025 campaign.
Elsewhere, City Lads Ladies will play their first match of the season when they host the University of Johannesburg (UJ Ladies) at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Gqeberha at 13h00.
This will be UJ Ladies’ third match and will be hoping for positive results following their 1-0 midweek loss to the University of Fort Hare (UFH).
There is only one match on Sunday, 23 March with JVW welcoming UFH to UJ Soweto Soccer Stadium in Soweto.
The hosts have already played two games, with a win and a loss, while the Eastern Cape outfit will be keen to grab three points to make it back-to-back victories.
Kickoff in Soweto is at 15h00.
HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE FIXTURES:
Saturday, 22 MARCH 2025
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS LADIES FC vs UWC
Lucas Moripe Stadium
15h00
CITY LADS vs UNIVERSITY OF JHB FC
Isaac Wolfson Stadium, PE
13h00
TUT FOOTBALL CLUB vs COPPERBELT LADIES FC
Lucas Moripe Stadium
11H00
Sunday, 23 MARCH 2025
JVW FC vs UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE FC
UJ – Soweto Campus
15H00
By Matlhomola Morake
