Royal AM’s imminent expulsion can have detrimental results on the groups which have already performed towards them.
The final time Thwihli Thwahla have been in motion was in December 2024 once they misplaced to TS Galaxy.
Now, as beforehand acknowledged, Royal AM’s expulsion means NO membership will AUTOMATICALLY be relegated, however a staff that finishes fifteenth will nonetheless struggle it out within the playoffs.
Secondly, the present marketing campaign will end with all of the remaining 15 groups enjoying 28 video games as a substitute of the same old 30.
Lastly, all of the factors from the 11 video games that Royal AM performed shall be EXPUNGED, which means the factors gained by groups that performed Thwihli Thwahla WON’T exist.
ROYAL AM’S IMPACT ON SUNDOWNS AND ORLANDO PIRATES
Now, Mamelodi Sundowns took three factors off Royal AM in October 2024 after beating them 2-1.
What it means, AS IT STANDS, is that these factors shall be expunged, leaving Sundowns on 55 factors with 22 video games as a substitute of 58.
They’d then be 12 factors away from second-placed Orlando Pirates who’re but to play Royal AM.
Pirates can have three video games in hand as a substitute of 4 over Sundowns, and the 12-point hole could possibly be diminished to only THREE offered Jose Riveiro’s males win these video games.
In the meantime, there shall be no big impression to groups within the backside three when Royal AM are formally expelled.
These groups are SuperSport United (fifteenth), Cape City Metropolis (14th) and Richards Bay FC (thirteenth).
And that’s as a result of every of these groups collected only a level towards Royal AM – which means the underside of the log stays unchanged.
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