This could be an interesting match as Free State Stars have their presumed home advantage while JDR Stars are ahead 3 points in the Gladafrica Championship table.
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- JDR Stars have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Gladafrica Championship
It's no vacation for neither State nor JDR Stars as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Free State Stars form and stats
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Free State Stars at their home stadium (Goble Park Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for State as they are travelling to their away game against Pretoria Callies in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Free State Stars has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
JDR Stars form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Stars, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The Stars goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 235 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Stars are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Stars as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. 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 dueling parties have met before this season: JDR Stars - State 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): State one win, two draws and JDR Stars zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Saleng 7 goals |  T. Chiwunga 6 goals | V. Mncube 4 goals |
Free State Stars missing players
JDR Stars missing players
| Free State Stars | JDR Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 27 |
| 24 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 82% | 83% |
| 73% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 65% |
| 36% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 39% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 59% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 61% |
| 23% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 35% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 18% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 50% |
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- JDR Stars have the most scored goals in the first half (14) 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 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 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 | University of Pretoria | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 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 | Cape Town Spurs | 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 |