Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Richards Bay & Polokwane City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Richards Bay form and stats
Richards participated in Nedbank Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium as Richards Bay have scored 15 goals to get 17 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the First Division are 5-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Richards Bay haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Polokwane City, 84 days ago.
A strong away win for Richards Bay against TTM the last match.
Before that, Richards had a First Division home game versus University of Pretoria which ended with a victory 2-1.The manager Dladla will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Free State Stars in only three days.
A decent goal production from Richards in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Richards Bay are not conceding a lot of goals here at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane was sent out of Nedbank Cup in the 8th finals last season.3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Polokwane City in their First Division matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to University of Pretoria in their previous outing. The First Division match ended in a draw 2-2.
A loss against Hungry Lions was the result prior to that, in a First Division home game.A new game in only three days for Polokwane, the First Division home match versus TS Sporting. Busy days.
The visiting Polokwane City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Polokwane City have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings involving these contenders: Richards won two, Polokwane City were winners in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Myaba 6 goals |  S. Hlongwa 5 goals | V. Mngomezulu 5 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Polokwane City missing players
| Richards Bay | Polokwane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 8.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | ||
| 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Cape Town All Stars | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Venda FC | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | TTM | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Cape Town Spurs | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Pretoria Callies | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 12 |