The SAB League provincial play-offs will be staged at the Jane Furse Stadium in Sekhukhune this weekend.

Teams from the five districts will fight for the two Safa second-division places. The top two teams at the end of the play-offs will be promoted to the second division.

Vhembe District will be represented by Joe’s Express. The teams from the other districts are: Winners Park (Mopani), Masokolara FC (Sekhukhune) and Molemole Academy (Capricorn). Waterberg District was still to confirm their overall winner at the time of going to the press.

Each team will play four matches in a round-robin format over two days. When asked about their level of readiness for the playoffs, the spokesperson for Joe’s Express, Mr Edwin “Cafu” Ramphabana, said they were ready for whatever heat they might come across in the play-off. He revealed that they had played a number of friendly matches over the past three weeks as part of their preparations for the two-day event.

Ramphabana further said that all his players were razor sharp. He cited a number of players, including Thembisani Nevhulamba, Dakalo Ratshitanga and the team’s captain, Lenock Mabila, on whom they will pin their hopes during the playoffs.

Vhembe was represented by Tshifhire Northern Brothers during last year's event, but they failed to make the grade, despite the fact they were playing in front of their home crowd.