Who will take home the GDL title, Highlands Park or Mamelodi Sundowns?
The winner of the u19 Gauteng Development League (GDL) title will be determined this weekend.
The title race should have concluded last weekend, but heavy rain and waterlogged pitches resulted in several matches being rescheduled.
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Highlands Park, who are aiming for a third consecutive title, take on the School of Excellence on Saturday, while the current log leaders, Mamelodi Sundowns, tackle Panorama.
Both Sundowns and Highlands Park have 77 points after 33 matches, and both boast identical records of 24 victories, five draws, and four losses.
Sundowns, however, tops the standings with a superior goal difference. They’ve netted an impressive 96 goals while conceding only 23, whereas Highlands Park has scored 67 and allowed 27.
Football is unpredictable, but it would be a big surprise should Sundowns come up short against Panorama because the Roodepoort club has struggled for form in the latter stages of the season. However, only last weekend, Highlands Park lost their lead at the top when they went down to the University of Pretoria (Tuks).
Tuks’ victory over Highlands Park reflected the sentiments expressed by Sundowns’ coach Kristopher Bergman in August when he told SuperSport Schools Plus that no results in the GDL are handed over on a silver platter.
Both Bergman and his Highlands Park counterpart, Sfiso Mnguni, will surely stress that point ahead of their side’s final matches on Saturday
In other games, TS Galaxy faces East Rand Athletic, SuperSport United goes up against Rockefvs, and, on Sunday, Joburg City confronts East Rand Athletic.
FIXTURES
Saturday, 8 November
11:00
School of Excellence vs Highlands Park, Elandsfontein
Panorama vs Mamelodi Sundowns, Panorama Sports Ground
12:00
Tuks vs Kathorus, Tuks
14:00
TS Galaxy vs East Rand Athletic
16:30
SuperSport United vs Rockefvs, Eskom Megawatt Park
Sunday, 9 November
11:00
Joburg City vs East Rand Athletic, Greek Sporting Club
u19 GDL Table
| Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 96 | 23 | 73 | 77 |
| Highlands Park | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 27 | 40 | 77 |
| Randburg | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 31 | 39 | 68 |
| RESA | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 78 | 45 | 33 | 68 |
| Kaizer Chiefs | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 74 | 50 | 24 | 60 |
| SuperSport United | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 60 |
| Wits Junior | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 60 | 3 | 49 |
| Kathorus Hyper Academy | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 45 |
| Tuks | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 56 | -13 | 43 |
| Jomo Cosmos | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 44 | -9 | 42 |
| Panorama | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 41 |
| Joburg City | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 54 | -16 | 38 |
| TS Galaxy | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 54 | -20 | 36 |
| Rockefvs | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 61 | -17 | 33 |
| School of Excellence | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 65 | -17 | 33 |
| Seven’s Academy | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 54 | 71 | -17 | 31 |
| East Rand Athletic | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 54 | -32 | 22 |
| Elspark United | 33 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 99 | -76 | 13 |
