With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Free State Stars fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Mbombela United.
Free State Stars and Mbombela United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Free State Stars form and stats
3-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Free State Stars so far this season. Free State Stars haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Moroka Swallows, 105 days ago. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Before that, Free State Stars played out a draw 1-1 when visiting TS Sporting.
The Free State Stars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Free State Stars's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Mbombela United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mbombela United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking power of Mbombela United when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Mbombela United have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Mbombela United - Free State Stars 1-0.Free State Stars missing players
Mbombela United missing players
| Free State Stars | Mbombela United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 28 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 22 |
| 95% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 82% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 55% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 18% | 32% |
| 23% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 14% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 36% | 32% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 3.4 | 0.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.2 |
| 1.3 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 95 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 90 | 90 |
| 43 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 27 | 27 |
| 53% | 220% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 44% |
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Free State Stars have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Mbombela United have scored away.
- Free State Stars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Mbombela United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Mbombela United has the fewest scored goals (6) away
- Mbombela United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mbombela United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax Cape Town | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 45 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Steenberg United | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -18 | 15 |