Free State Stars have journeyed here for an engaging game against the hosts Pretoria Callies. Prepare for the fixture with this in-depth Gladafrica Championship preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Pretoria Callies form and stats
Pretoria Callies's first Gladafrica Championship home game here ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.
Pretoria manager J. Masutha and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cape Town All Stars (placed 11th) in the Gladafrica Championship.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hungry Lions (1-2).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Gladafrica Championship game versus JDR Stars in only three days. This game is also played here.
Early season league goal statistics from Pretoria Callies's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.
Free State Stars form and stats
One match played away so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Free State Stars and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from 15 games.
The Free State Stars goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 215 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed State's previous game versus Venda FC (placed 10th), a Gladafrica Championship 1-0 win played at home.
Before that, State travelled to Richards Bay and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.A new game in only three days for State, the Gladafrica Championship home match versus TS Sporting. Busy days.
Free State Stars have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Pretoria victory, one draw and zero Free State Stars wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Tladi 1 goals |
Pretoria Callies missing players
Free State Stars missing players
| Pretoria Callies | 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 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 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% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 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% |
| Pretoria Callies | Last season | Free State Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 43% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 70% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 37% | ||
| 10% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 17% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | ||
| 47% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 42% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Platinum City Rovers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | TS Sporting | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Hungry Lions | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Uthongathi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Richards Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Venda FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Cape Town All Stars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | TTM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Ajax Cape Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Pretoria Callies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | Real Kings | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 51 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 49 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 44 |
| 7 | Cape Umoya United | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Pretoria Callies | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 41 |
| 9 | Jomo Cosmos | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | Cape Town All Stars | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 11 | Uthongathi | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 37 |
| 12 | Polokwane City | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 35 |
| 14 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Steenberg United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -14 | 30 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 25 | -19 | 23 |