Copperbelt Ladies hosted Mamelodi Sundowns in the Group Stage of the women’s Super League on 26 September. The visitors took control early and finished with a 0:4 victory. By then the gap between ninth and first place looked wider than the table suggested.
The opening exchanges settled into a rhythm, and here's the thing: the first real fracture came at thirty-five minutes. M. Kgadiete struck from close range before I. A. Ludwig doubled the advantage three minutes later. To be fair, the home side had plenty of space behind them and simply could not close it down. The visitors did not need to rush once ahead.
Sundowns tightened things up and waited for the home side to overcommit. R. Tholakele added a third in the sixty-fifth minute, and B. Rabale sealed the result at eighty. The old head settled them down rather than throwing everything at it.
This was a run of victories for the visitors, following a 3:0 victory over Pretoria United. Copperbelt had shown flashes earlier in the campaign with wins against Richmond United and Deep Creek. By then the contrast in consistency was clear enough without chasing numbers. The recent results showed a pattern the hosts could not break.
Sundowns remain top of the standings with fifteen points from five games. Copperbelt sit on nine after two defeats, and the goal difference will only widen from here. The table goes out of the window in these games, but the margin now tells its own story.