Ajax and Cape Town City players confront each other (Gavin Barker/BackpagePix)
The match at the Cape Town Stadium is the fourth clash between the somewhat bitter rivals, the Citizens having won the previous three.
While Benni McCarthy’s City side are well-placed in third spot on the league table, they head into Saturday’s showdown on the back of a 1-0 defeat to Free State Stars last weekend.
Ajax meanwhile ended a run of three consecutive defeats by beating Platinum Stars 3-1 to climb out of the relegation zone, although they remain just one point above the now bottom-placed Dikwena.
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