With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Free State Stars fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Steenberg United.
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Steenberg United have the most conceded goals (35) in Gladafrica Championship
It's no vacation for neither State nor Steenberg United 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
Free State Stars have collected 16 points from their Gladafrica Championship home games so far after 4-4-5.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Free State Stars are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at Uthongathi awaits in three days.
State are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. State have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Steenberg United form and stats
There's been little loot from Steenberg United's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 12 away games in the Gladafrica Championship. Steenberg United, who have the most conceded goals (35) in Gladafrica Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws.
Steenberg United has another fixture away, a Gladafrica Championship game, against Cape Town All Stars in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Steenberg United as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Steenberg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Steenberg United - State 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Free State Stars wins - draws - Steenberg United wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Stoffels 10 goals |  M. Saleng 9 goals | M. Khabane 3 goals |
Free State Stars missing players
Steenberg United missing players
| Free State Stars | Steenberg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 32 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 18 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 85% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 77% |
| 38% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 42% |
| 15% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 69% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 23% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 19% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- 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.
- Steenberg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Steenberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Steenberg United have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Gladafrica Championship
- Steenberg United have the most conceded goals (35) in Gladafrica Championship
- Steenberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 2 | Real Kings | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | TS Sporting | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 40 |
| 4 | Sekhukhune United | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 5 | Cape Umoya United | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | Jomo Cosmos | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Pretoria Callies | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Uthongathi | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 34 |
| 12 | University of Pretoria | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 27 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 20 |