As the 2025/26 Betway Premiership campaign draws close to an end, all eyes will be on Orlando Pirates this weekend to see if they will finally end their long wait for the league title. The Buccaneers will host Durban City at home at the Orlando Amstel Arena on Saturday kick-off is at 3pm. Victory in this encounter will all but guarantee their status as Betway Premiership champions. OPINION: Pirates must take lessons from Chiefs past pain in title race
The Buccaneers, however, cannot mathematically guarantee themselves the title in their second last game, but their superior goal difference over Mamelodi Sundowns means that they can ensure it would take a huge defeat on the final day to stop them from lifting the trophy for the first time in 14 years.
A 3-2 defeat at TS Galaxy for Sundowns in the last game of the season on Wednesday, left the defending champions on 68 points and unable to add a single point more, which means a win for Pirates on Saturday would move them level on 68 points. But due to their superior goal difference, the Buccaneers will leapfrog the Brazilians at the top of the log standings.
