Fireworks are expected when two giants of South African women’s football collide in the Mother City on Sunday (3 August 2025) in one of the eight Hollywoodbets Super League fixtures scheduled for this weekend.
Defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and the University of the Western Cape (UWC) will have to dust off cobwebs after being inactive in the league over the last six weeks – due to the international break which saw Banyana Banyana compete in the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 tournament in Morocco from 5-26 July.
The Brazilians provided seven players to the national team while UWC added four of their own – leading the postponement of matches.
But the two sides return to the domestic league and have to play catch-up to finish off the first round of fixtures.
Sundowns Ladies have played 13 games compared to 12 of the Capetonians. The two teams had indifferent results in their last league encounters – Banyana ba Style lost 2-1 to JVW (Sunday, 15 June) while the Blues played to a 1-1 draw in the first Cape Town derby of the season against the University of Cape Town (12 June).
Over the years, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies have dominated this fixture in the 11 clashes players so far – eight victories to two for UWC, with only one match drawn.
They last met earlier this season with the defending champions registering a 1-0 win to take their goal tally to 15 against the Cape outfit, who have only managed four in this match up.
Despite being inactive, the Brazilians remain top of the table on 31 points – just one ahead of second-placed TUT who have played three more games.
UWC have been off the boil this season and found themselves in unfamiliar territory on the ninth spot with 16 points.
Kickoff is at the UWC Stadium is 3pm.
Head-to-head:
UWC vs SUNDOWNS LADIES
6 October 2019
3-0 (Sundowns)
11 Feb 2022
2-0 (Sundowns)
9 May 2021
1-0 (Sundowns)
28 November 2021
0-1 (Sundowns)
15 May 2022
2-0 (UWC)
18 September 2022
1-1
14 May 2023
3-0 (Sundowns)
22 October 2023
1-0 (Sundowns)
21 March 2024
1-0 (UWC)
8 December 2024
2-0 (Sundowns)
22 March 2025
1-0 (Sundowns)
In other clashes, the University of Pretoria (Tuks) welcomes Ezemvelo Ladies at the Tuks Main Stadium in Tshwane; First Touch Ladies entertain Royal AM at the Harry Gwala Stadium, while JVW make the long trek to Alice, Eastern Cape to face the University of Fort Hare at the Davidson Stadium. City Lads Ladies travel the opposite direction and will visit the University of Johannesburg (UJ Ladies) at the AW Muller Stadium – UJ Bunting Road Campus in Auckland Park.
All four matches kick off at 1pm on Saturday.
Later in the day at 3pm, the Seshego Stadium will host the clash between Copperbelt Ladies and TUT FC, while TS Galaxy Queens will be in De Aar, Northern Cape to tackle Richmond United at Merino Park.
On Sunday, Durban Ladies will be hoping for their first win of the season when they lock horns with the University of Cape Town (UCT) at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammersdale, KwaZulu Natal.
The match kicks off at 3pm.
By Matlhomola Morake
