Season ticket holders at Goble Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Free State Stars languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Steenberg United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Free State Stars and Steenberg 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
1-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Free State Stars so far this season.
The home team returns to Goble Park after sharing the points with JDR Stars (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the Gladafrica Championship game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Free State Stars lost 0-3 at Real Kings's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Free State Stars perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Free State Stars as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Free State Stars has won 6 of these, drawn 6 and lost 0.
Free State Stars aren't scoring a lot here at Goble Park in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Free State Stars have only let in 2 goals at home.
Steenberg United form and stats
Playing away, Steenberg United, who have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Gladafrica Championship, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season.
Steenberg United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Real Kings (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Gladafrica Championship game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Mbombela United at their stadium, the result 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Steenberg United playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 1 Steenberg United win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Steenberg United manager M. Lukhubene has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
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| Free State Stars | Steenberg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Free State Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Steenberg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Steenberg United haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | University of Pretoria | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Steenberg United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Richards Bay | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Free State Stars | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |