The champion of Group A of the MMK Funeral Services promotional play-offs will be known tomorrow afternoon (Saturday).

The last two matches to determine the winner will be staged at the Makwarela Stadium. All three teams playing tomorrow still stand a chance of winning the group championship.

Western Stars will play two crucial matches within the space of four hours. They will test their strength against United Artists at 09:00. Should United Artists fail to collect maximum points against Western Stars, it will be over for them. If Artists manage to win the match, their wish will be for Mukula Young Santos to lose their match against Western Stars.

On the other hand, Western Stars will still stand an outside chance of making it to the regional final, provided they manage to beat Mukula Young Santos by a wider margin, when they meet later in the afternoon.

Western Stars’ strikers in the form of Eugene Mafukata and Percy Munonoka will give the Santos defence a headache if they are not properly marked.  United Artists will pin their hopes on Maanda Mulaudzi and Kutelani Mulaudzi for goals, while their defenders, Witness Mudologi and Ronewa Gidi, will be expected to keep their danger area clean.

United Artists will be fighting it without their overlapping midfielder, Robert Baloyi. Baloyi was given his marching orders in the game against Mukula Young Santos at the Tshifulanani Stadium last Sunday.

Western Stars will rest for four hours before going back to the field of play to honour their fixture against Mukula Young Santos, which is scheduled to kick off at 15:00.

A draw will be good enough to secure Young Santos a place in the regional final that will be staged at the Makwarela Stadium on Sunday. The second-best teams from each group will meet in the losers’ final on Sunday, starting at 13:00. The group B champions, Rockers FC, will meet the group A winner in the final, which is scheduled to start at 15:00.