Second Placed Royal AM's Excellent Season Continues as the Team Wins DStv Premiership Q Innovation Quarter 3

• Upstarts Royal AM's excellent first season in the Premier Soccer League has been rewarded with an accolade
• Thwihli Thwahla was confirmed as the winners of the DStv Premiership Q-Innovation Quarter Three after an excellent run of form
• More importantly, this run of form has put the PSL debutants in the driving seat to finish as runners-up to Mamelodi Sundowns

For a change, Mamelodi Sundowns is not going to win something DStv Premiership-related.

This time, it was Royal AM which got its time in the sun, as the club was announced as the winners of the DStv Premiership Q-Innovation Quarter Three. The team finished the eight-match quarter (rounds 17 to 24) on 17 points, level with the equally in-form Cape Town City.

However, what separated Thwihli Thwahla from the Cityzens was the number of goals that the teams both scored, as the goal difference between them was identical. Royal scored 13 goals and conceded six in the eight matches, while City rifled in 12 and conceding five in that time.

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This was the first time such an instance - goal difference or goals scored - was used to decide which team won a quarter since the initiative began in the 2012/13 Absa Premiership season.

This is a welcome boost for Shauwn 'Mamkhize' Mkhize's charges, as the team currently sits in the runners-up spot. If they hold onto it, the CAF Champions League will welcome them next season.

Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs came in at third and fourth place respectively, also level with 14 points, though goal difference was a lot clearer in the champions' favour.

Royal AM and Cape Town City in fight for second spot, Maritzburg United and Baroka FC look to avoid relegation

The race for second place in the DStv Premiership is heating up while the battle to avoid relegation also is a must-watch affair.

As reported by Sports Brief, three DStv Premiership games will be contested today, affecting either the top or the bottom of the log.

Royal AM (2) and Cape Town City (3) will be in action today, taking on two teams trying to avoid a relegation scrap.