TS Sporting hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 22 points and a 13th position in the Gladafrica Championship table. Visiting Free State Stars holds 9th place with 27 pts.
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!
TS Sporting form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what TS Sporting have to build on here at Kabokweni Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship.
TS Sporting are confident in defense, having played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for TS Sporting, facing Ajax Cape Town (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in a game that ended 2-2. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mbombela United.
TS Sporting aren't scoring a lot here at Kabokweni Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. From these home matches, TS Sporting have conceded only 8 goals.
Free State Stars form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The last three matches for Free State Stars have all ended in a draw. Visiting Free State Stars has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Free State Stars's last game was the home draw against Ajax Cape Town (2-2). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Moroka Swallows that ended 1-1.
Free State Stars are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Free State Stars have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Free State Stars - TS Sporting 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): TS Sporting one win, one draw and Free State Stars zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| D. Chauke 7 goals | W. Nkosi 4 goals |
TS Sporting missing players
Free State Stars missing players
| TS Sporting | Free State Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 80% | 70% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 90% | 80% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 40% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3.4 |
| 3.1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 81 | 95 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 38 | 43 |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 53% |
- Free State Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Free State Stars have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- TS Sporting has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- TS Sporting has the fewest scored goals (7) at home
- TS Sporting has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- TS Sporting have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Tshakhuma | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 14 |