Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Richards Bay & Mamelodi Sundowns face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Richards Bay form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Richards Bay are steadily winning First Division games and points here at Princess Magogo Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
The Richards Bay goalkeeper Ayanda Ngwenya is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 218 minutes without conceding a goal in the First Division.
The Richards Bay manager Dladla and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Free State Stars.
A decent goal production from Richards in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Richards Bay have conceded only 6 goals.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
They also participated in Nedbank Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Mamelodi Sundowns have produced an overall stat of 4-3-1 so far.
Mamelodi Sundowns played 1-1 against Tshakhuma in their previous match.
Prior to that match, the Mamelodi Sundowns manager Mokwena faced defeat when travelling to AmaZulu and losing 0-1.A new game in only three days for Mamelodi Sundowns, the Premier League home match versus Chippa United. Busy days.
Mamelodi Sundowns have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Mamelodi are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 13 goals |  S. Hlongwa 5 goals | V. Mngomezulu 5 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Richards Bay | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 34 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 44 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 47% | ||
| 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Polokwane City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Venda FC | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | Uthongathi | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Cape Town All Stars | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Ajax Cape Town | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | TTM | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Pretoria Callies | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 44 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | AmaZulu | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | SuperSport United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Sekhukhune United | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Tshakhuma | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 14 |
| 15 | Baroka | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | TS Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 13 |
