Gladafrica Championship: Free State Stars - Cape Town Spurs preview and statistics

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goble Park Stadium (20000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Free State Stars are in the 7th position while the guesting Cape Town Spurs worry at 15th.

Insights:
  • Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cape Town Spurs have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Gladafrica Championship

Free State Stars and Cape Town Spurs should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Cape Town Spurs have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Free State Stars form and stats

Free State Stars have collected 17 points from their Gladafrica Championship home games so far after 4-5-5.

State has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Cape Town Spurs form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship.

Goals are few and far between in Spurs's away league games. Only 6 goals from 14 travels. Spurs are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Cape Town Spurs - State 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): State won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Cape Town Spurs has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Free State StarsM. Saleng
M. Saleng
10 goals
Free State StarsM. Khabane
M. Khabane
4 goals
StateP. Masehe
P. Masehe
3 goals

Free State Stars missing players

Cape Town Spurs missing players

Free State Stars Cape Town Spurs
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
11 4 3 Won W 1 4 6
8 5 1 Drew D 2 5 10
9 5 1 Lost L 1 5 12
34 20 7 Scored S 2 6 19
31 19 5 Conceded C 2 11 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 71% 86%
71% 86% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 36% 61%
36% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 29%
14% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
57% 71% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 14% 46%
25% 14% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 29%
18% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.7 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 7
4 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 1
42% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 100% 100%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Cape Town Spurs have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Cape Town Spurs have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Cape Town Spurs have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Free State Stars have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cape Town Spurs have scored away.
  • Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Royal AM 28 12 11 5 31 23 14 7 4 3 16 10 14 5 7 2 15 13 8 47
2 Richards Bay 28 12 9 7 36 26 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 7 3 4 16 12 10 45
3 Sekhukhune United 28 11 11 6 33 20 14 8 3 3 19 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 13 44
4 TS Sporting 28 11 10 7 38 28 14 6 5 3 20 10 14 5 5 4 18 18 10 43
5 JDR Stars 28 11 10 7 31 28 14 6 4 4 16 13 14 5 6 3 15 15 3 43
6 Cape Umoya United 28 10 11 7 31 23 14 7 5 2 16 7 14 3 6 5 15 16 8 41
7 Free State Stars 28 11 8 9 34 31 14 4 5 5 20 19 14 7 3 4 14 12 3 41
8 Pretoria Callies 28 10 8 10 20 22 14 5 2 7 12 16 14 5 6 3 8 6 -2 38
9 Polokwane City 28 9 10 9 26 25 14 7 4 3 15 8 14 2 6 6 11 17 1 37
10 Uthongathi 28 9 10 9 28 29 14 4 6 4 13 15 14 5 4 5 15 14 -1 37
11 Jomo Cosmos 28 9 9 10 24 26 14 1 7 6 9 15 14 8 2 4 15 11 -2 36
12 University of Pretoria 28 9 8 11 25 26 14 5 5 4 10 7 14 4 3 7 15 19 -1 35
13 Cape Town All Stars 28 8 9 11 26 31 14 4 3 7 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -5 33
14 Steenberg United 28 7 8 13 26 36 14 6 4 4 15 13 14 1 4 9 11 23 -10 29
15 Cape Town Spurs 28 6 10 12 19 34 14 2 5 7 13 23 14 4 5 5 6 11 -15 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 28 4 8 16 19 39 14 3 7 4 13 14 14 1 1 12 6 25 -20 20