Pretoria Callies hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 25 points and a 12th position in the Gladafrica Championship table. Visiting Free State Stars holds 6th place with 33 pts.
- Pretoria Callies have the fewest scored goals (13) in Gladafrica Championship
- Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Pretoria Callies have less rest than Free State Stars in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Nedbank Cup game only four days ago. This match was also played here at FNB Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Free State Stars have had more rest.
Pretoria Callies form and stats
Pretoria Callies's results here at FNB Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Pretoria are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 219 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by P. Mahlangu).
The manager J. Masutha will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to University of Pretoria in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pretoria here at FNB Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). 13 goals have been conceded.
Free State Stars form and stats
The visitors are W6-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but State are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
State are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on State as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Free State Stars - Pretoria 1-1.Top Goalscorers
  M. Saleng 8 goals |  P. Mahlangu 6 goals | K. Marebane 3 goals |
Pretoria Callies missing players
Free State Stars missing players
| Pretoria Callies | Free State Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 19 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 77% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 18% | 30% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 27% | 30% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 59% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 23% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 40% |
- Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pretoria Callies have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Pretoria Callies have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pretoria Callies have the fewest points (8) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Pretoria Callies have the fewest scored goals (13) in Gladafrica Championship
- Pretoria Callies have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Pretoria Callies have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Gladafrica Championship
- Pretoria Callies have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Gladafrica Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richards Bay | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | JDR Stars | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Jomo Cosmos | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Cape Umoya United | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -15 | 16 |