After three games we know a little more about the qualities of JDR Stars and Free State Stars in this fresh Gladafrica Championship season. Read our match preview!
The hosts Stars saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Nedbank Cup. This match was also played here at Pilditch Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Free State Stars have had more rest.
JDR Stars form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Gladafrica Championship game of the season here at Pilditch Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from JDR Stars's 15 home games.
The match schedule is unforgiving for JDR Stars as they have a new game in only three days, a Gladafrica Championship match thankfully also at home. Cape Umoya United are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the JDR Stars at home in the league. 0 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Free State Stars form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Gladafrica Championship ended in defeat. Last season Free State Stars had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 5, drew 4 and lost 6.
State are looking to quickly end their 337 minutes long goal drought in the Gladafrica Championship.
The schedule is very tough for State now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Gladafrica Championship game at Real Kings is waiting in only three days.
0 goals so far away for Free State Stars, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Stars won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Free State Stars has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  K. Mkhabela 1 goals |
JDR Stars missing players
Free State Stars missing players
| JDR Stars | Free State Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| JDR Stars | Last season | Free State Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.4 | 8.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 71% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cape Umoya United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sekhukhune United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Jomo Cosmos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Richards Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Uthongathi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Ajax Cape Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | JDR Stars | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Free State Stars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Uthongathi | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 39 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Jomo Cosmos | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -22 | 21 |