University of Pretoria will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind JDR Stars.
- University of Pretoria is in the best form (4-1-1)
- JDR Stars have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Gladafrica Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
University of Pretoria form and stats
Overall Gladafrica Championship stats at home this season for University of Pretoria are 4-3-4 (wins-draw-losses).
The manager T. Motaung will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to TS Sporting in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pretoria here at ABSA Tuks Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Pretoria have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
JDR Stars form and stats
The visitors are W4-D5-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship.
Before that, Stars travelled to Uthongathi and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stars manager N. Nemasisi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Free State Stars.
Stars have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Stars in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the JDR Stars - Pretoria 0-1 earlier this season. University of Pretoria-JDR Stars H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: University of Pretoria one win, JDR Stars two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Chiwunga 6 goals |   C. Mbesuma 4 goals | V. Mncube 4 goals |
University of Pretoria missing players
JDR Stars missing players
| University of Pretoria | JDR Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 95% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 55% | 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 68% |
| 23% | 9% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 30% | 41% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 41% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 64% |
| 32% | 45% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 32% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 50% |
- JDR Stars have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Gladafrica Championship
- University of Pretoria have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Gladafrica Championship
- University of Pretoria is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richards Bay | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | JDR Stars | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Jomo Cosmos | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Royal AM | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Cape Town Spurs | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 19 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 | -15 | 15 |