Marvelous Mamelodi Sundowns down Pirates to continue title march

Mamelodi Sundowns were made to work for their 1-0 win against Orlando Pirates at the Orlando Stadium on Saturday, but what can't be disputed this season is that they've comprehensively conquered both Soweto giants this season.

Having beaten Kaizer Chiefs 4-0 and Pirates 2-0 at home last year, successive 1-0 wins this year secured them a rare league double against both giants.

RECAP | PSL - Orlando Pirates v Mamelodi Sundowns

That they've done so without conceding a goal is a mark of their enduring quality, something that's seen them win 15 consecutive league matches this season.

The win, their 18th of the season, took them to 55 points and brought them ever closer to another league title.

Pirates' seventh defeat of the season left them in fourth place with 28 points, further away from breaking a league drought that's spanned more than a decade.

The game was again afflicted by sub-standard parking and traffic management, with cars queuing up the adjacent street.

While there was a seating arrangement inside that did its best to separate the crowds, it also put Sundowns firmly in its place as the visiting team because they were sandwiched into the South-Western Corner of the ground.

A lack of security inside the ground also saw the media tribune being flooded by fans, a scenario that nearly transpired when the sides met at this ground in the MTN8 first leg semi-final, but a strong and no-nonsense police contingent kept the crowds at bay on that day.

It didn't showcase the best of South Africa's football organisation, but the capacity crowd provided a constantly unnerving cacophony that would, on other days, create mental delirium for visitors.

Sundowns, though, are accustomed to such hostility and they displayed it from the onset.

Wit