Side effects for Sundowns in curtain-closing fixture

Mamelodi Sundowns will end their domestic campaign away at TS Galaxy minus the influence of two of their regulars due to suspension.

The champions will be at Mbombela Stadium on Tuesday (19:30) in a game they need to win to get to 71 points and then wait on Orlando Pirates.

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Khuliso Mudau will serve his second suspension of the season after collecting another four yellow cards.

He picked up four yellow cards in the eight matches that he has played since serving his previous suspension.

The 31-year-old sat out the game against Marumo Gallants in mid-March after he got his fourth caution of the season against Orbit College FC a week earlier.

He missed that Gallants game along with Aubrey Modiba and Jayden Adams.

Fast-forward to eight weeks later, the former Black Leopards star is again not available for selection for the same reasons.

Also out for Sundowns is Jayden Adams, who is serving the second of his three-match ban after being shown red for the second time this term.

He was sent off against Kaizer Chiefs last Wednesday after having also been ordered to walk out against Golden Arrows two months ago.

His suspension will spill into next season and he will miss the first domestic competition of the 2026/27 campaign.

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Luckily for the ex-Stellenbosch FC man, the three yellow cards that he was sitting on prior to his latest red will now be cancelled as ‘cautions accumulated during a season will not be carried to the next season’.

It will be the same for Teboho Mokoena, Nuno Santos, Brayan Leon Muniz, Keanu Cupido, and Kegan Johannes if they don’t add on to the three yellow cards they already have on Tuesday.