This could be an interesting match as Free State Stars have their presumed home advantage while Uthongathi are ahead 10 points in the Gladafrica Championship table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Free State Stars form and stats
Overall Gladafrica Championship stats at home this season for Free State Stars are 2-5-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Free State Stars's last game was hosting Richards Bay (placed 12th) and winning 3-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Royal Eagles and winning 2-0.
The Free State Stars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Free State Stars have conceded only 7 goals.
Uthongathi form and stats
Uthongathi, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Gladafrica Championship, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 Gladafrica Championship games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Gladafrica Championship home defeat versus Ajax Cape Town with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus JDR Stars at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Uthongathi has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Uthongathi as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Uthongathi - Free State Stars 0-3.Top Goalscorers
| M. Ndwandwe 7 goals |
Free State Stars missing players
Uthongathi missing players
| Free State Stars | Uthongathi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 69% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 44% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 3.3 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.9 | 5.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 51 | 124 |
| 37 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 29 | 55 |
| 49% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 36% |
- Free State Stars has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Free State Stars has the most matches under the total-line (10)
- 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.
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (14)
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Uthongathi has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Uthongathi has the most clean sheets (6)
- Uthongathi has the most points (19) away
- Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+8) away
- Uthongathi have not yet lost a game away.
- Uthongathi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Uthongathi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Uthongathi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Uthongathi 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 | Ajax Cape Town | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Moroka Swallows | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Tshakhuma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Cape Umoya United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 10 |