Perhaps a welcome break from league football as TS Sporting & JDR Stars 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.
TS Sporting form and stats
TS Sporting was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Nedbank Cup.TS Sporting's results here at Kabokweni Stadium in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats. TS Sporting are slowly digging their own grave here at Kabokweni Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Pretoria Callies match.
The TS Sporting fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at Kabokweni Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Free State Stars.
Heartbreak before that as TS Sporting lost 1-2 at Ajax Cape Town's place.There will be little rest for TS Sporting after this match as they are travelling to Polokwane City for a First Division game in only four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in TS Sporting means that they have only scored 3 goals in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. TS Sporting have conceded 8 in these home matches.
JDR Stars form and stats
JDR Stars's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, JDR Stars have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the First Division this season.
The supporters enjoyed Stars's previous game versus Jomo Cosmos, a First Division 3-2 win played at home.
A 0-1 defeat away at Free State Stars before that.After this away game Stars return home for a First Division game against Black Leopards. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Stars find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Stars in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: one - three - one (TS Sporting wins - draws - JDR Stars wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Wadi 6 goals | G. Modise 5 goals |  M. Mokate 3 goals |
TS Sporting missing players
JDR Stars missing players
| TS Sporting | JDR Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 31 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.5 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JDR Stars | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Cape Town All Stars | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Venda FC | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Polokwane City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 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 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Ajax Cape Town | 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 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 12 |