On August 31, 2022, in Midrand, South Africa, Denis Onyango of Mamelodi Sundowns participated in the Mamelodi Sundowns media open day at Chloorkop. Mamelodi Sundowns are focusing on their upcoming CAF Champions League semi-final second-leg against Esperance after losing the first-leg 1-0 away. Currently, they are leading the table by ten points with at least three games in hand. Meanwhile, Sekhukhune is in good form in the league and recently extended their unbeaten streak to ten matches after a narrow 1-0 win over Cape Town Spurs.
They are currently in pursuit of a continental spot, lying fourth on the table, four points behind second-placed Stellenbosch. In their first-round clash, Sundowns won 2-1 against ten-man Sekhukhune, with Peter Shalulile and Lucas Ribeiro Costa scoring for Mamelodi Sundowns and Jamie Webber reducing the deficit for Sekhukhune. Both teams finished the game with ten men as Rivaldo Coetzee was sent off for Sundowns in the dying minutes. The text contains a list of players from both teams participating in the game.