Free State Stars and Real Kings have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Gladafrica Championship.
Free State Stars and Real Kings 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
When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Free State Stars have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Free State Stars has four draws from their last four matches.
Free State Stars manager M. Dlamini and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus TS Sporting (placed 13th) in the Gladafrica Championship. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ajax Cape Town that ended 2-2.
Free State Stars are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Free State Stars have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Real Kings form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship.
It's the second away game in a row for Real Kings, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Mbombela United (placed 15th) in the Nedbank Cup last time out. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ajax Cape Town's place.
The end of the last match, against Mbombela United, was very satisfying as D. Brown scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Real Kings find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Real Kings have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Real Kings - Free State Stars 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Free State Stars missing players
Real Kings missing players
| Free State Stars | Real Kings | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 25 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 81% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 24% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 71% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 3.4 | 0.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 1.3 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 105 |
| 43 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 37 |
| 53% | 220% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 51% |
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Free State Stars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Real Kings have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Real Kings have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Ajax Cape Town | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 42 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 15 |