Every Betway Premiership fixture on the calendar kicks off at 19:30 on Wednesday 4 November. Seven matches, one slot, and so far nine Prediz predictions have been logged across the lot of them.
That is the opportunity, and the top of the table is why. Orlando Pirates lead on 25 points from nine. Mamelodi Sundowns are on 23, AmaZulu on 22. Three points covers the podium, and two of those three are out on Wednesday in matches our fans are ignoring.
Kaizer Chiefs host AmaZulu and exactly one fan has gone in. Chiefs are fifth on 14 points, eleven behind Pirates, and our desk preview has them without a win in four of their last five. AmaZulu are third and chasing. One prediction on the biggest fixture of the round is a gap, especially after Saturday, when AmaZulu's 1-0 over Golden Arrows handed Siphamandla and Lwandle the only two exact scores of the afternoon.
Siwelele host Pirates with two predictions in. Siwelele are 14th on six points and have just lost 3-2 at Marumo Gallants, the match where only one of seven fans called the result. Pirates have not dropped the kind of points that would make this interesting on paper, which is precisely when scorelines get awkward.
The rest of the card is a relegation fight dressed up as a fixture list. Golden Arrows against Marumo Gallants puts 15th place in the room. Richards Bay, bottom on three points from eight, host a Stellenbosch side who were turned over 0-2 at home by Chippa on Saturday. Polokwane City, 0-0 with TS Galaxy on Saturday, take on Kruger United. TS Galaxy host Durban City. Chippa host Sekhukhune.
Philani sits on 99 points in the Betway Premiership standings, with Siyabonga second on 31. That gap is not closing one match at a time. Seven matches in one night is the only shape of round where it realistically moves, and it is sitting there untouched.
One steer for Wednesday: Saturday produced three exact scores from 41 predictions, and two of them came on a 1-0. Four of the seven fixtures involve teams in the bottom half who have been scoring in ones. Pick the low scorelines with conviction rather than hedging at 1-1, because the hedge got nobody anything this weekend.