This match features two teams living in the basement of the Gladafrica Championship, Free State Stars holding 11th place and Jomo Cosmos lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Free State Stars form and stats
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Free State Stars at their home stadium (Goble Park) is 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Free State Stars in their previous game, a Gladafrica Championship match away at Tshakhuma (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Preceding that match was a Nedbank Cup defeat to TS Sporting (1-2).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Free State Stars here at Goble Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). From these home matches, Free State Stars have conceded only 5 goals.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jomo Cosmos so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Jomo Cosmos's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The supporters enjoyed Jomo Cosmos's previous game versus University of Pretoria (placed 3rd), a Nedbank Cup 2-1 win played at home. It was a Gladafrica Championship defeat before that one as the away game against JDR Stars wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.
The attacking power of Jomo Cosmos when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. For Jomo Cosmos, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Free State Stars, 4 draws and 3 wins for Jomo Cosmos. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Free State Stars missing players
Jomo Cosmos missing players
| Free State Stars | Jomo Cosmos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 75% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 50% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 42% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 36 | 58 |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 46% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 23% |
- Free State Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Free State Stars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (7)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
- Jomo Cosmos has the the worst goal difference (-8)
- Jomo Cosmos has the the worst goal difference (-8) away
- Jomo Cosmos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Jomo Cosmos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jomo Cosmos have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Uthongathi | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Ajax Cape Town | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Steenberg United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Richards Bay | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Free State Stars | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | TS Sporting | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 10 |