Uthongathi vs Free State Stars match preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (10000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Uthongathi in 8th and Free State Stars in 7th place.

Insights:
  • Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

It's no vacation for neither Uthongathi nor Free State Stars as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Uthongathi form and stats

When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Uthongathi have managed 4 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Princess Magogo Stadium.

Uthongathi are confident in defense, having played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Uthongathi has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Uthongathi have conceded 14 goals.

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Free State Stars form and stats

Playing away, Free State Stars have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season.

State have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on State as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Free State Stars - Uthongathi 0-1, played this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: one win for Uthongathi, zero draws and three wins for Free State Stars. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Free State StarsM. Saleng
M. Saleng
9 goals
UthongathiK. Ndlovu
K. Ndlovu
8 goals
UthongathiS. Magawana
S. Magawana
6 goals

Uthongathi missing players

Free State Stars missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Uthongathi Free State Stars
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
9 4 0 Won W 1 6 10
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 8
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 9
28 13 2 Scored S 3 13 33
28 14 3 Conceded C 3 12 31
85% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 74%
37% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 23% 37%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 15%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
59% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 59%
33% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 22%
22% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 19%
 
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 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3.5 7 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 14
1 2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5
50% 50% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 40%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 12 9 6 35 24 13 5 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 16 12 11 45
2 Royal AM 27 11 11 5 29 22 13 6 4 3 14 9 14 5 7 2 15 13 7 44
3 TS Sporting 27 11 10 6 37 26 14 6 5 3 20 10 13 5 5 3 17 16 11 43
4 Sekhukhune United 27 10 11 6 32 20 13 7 3 3 18 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 12 41
5 Cape Umoya United 27 10 11 6 31 22 14 7 5 2 16 7 13 3 6 4 15 15 9 41
6 JDR Stars 27 10 10 7 29 27 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 4 6 3 13 14 2 40
7 Free State Stars 27 10 8 9 33 31 14 4 5 5 20 19 13 6 3 4 13 12 2 38
8 Uthongathi 27 9 10 8 28 28 13 4 6 3 13 14 14 5 4 5 15 14 0 37
9 Jomo Cosmos 27 9 9 9 24 25 14 1 7 6 9 15 13 8 2 3 15 10 -1 36
10 Pretoria Callies 27 9 8 10 19 22 14 5 2 7 12 16 13 4 6 3 7 6 -3 35
11 Polokwane City 27 8 10 9 24 25 13 6 4 3 13 8 14 2 6 6 11 17 -1 34
12 University of Pretoria 27 8 8 11 24 26 13 4 5 4 9 7 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 32
13 Cape Town All Stars 27 8 8 11 26 31 13 4 2 7 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -5 32
14 Steenberg United 27 7 7 13 26 36 14 6 4 4 15 13 13 1 3 9 11 23 -10 28
15 Cape Town Spurs 27 6 10 11 19 33 13 2 5 6 13 22 14 4 5 5 6 11 -14 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 27 4 8 15 19 37 14 3 7 4 13 14 13 1 1 11 6 23 -18 20

Table
  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 27 12 9 6 35 24 13 5 6 2 19 12 14 7 3 4 16 12 11 45
2 Royal AM 27 11 11 5 29 22 13 6 4 3 14 9 14 5 7 2 15 13 7 44
3 TS Sporting 27 11 10 6 37 26 14 6 5 3 20 10 13 5 5 3 17 16 11 43
4 Sekhukhune United 27 10 11 6 32 20 13 7 3 3 18 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 12 41
5 Cape Umoya United 27 10 11 6 31 22 14 7 5 2 16 7 13 3 6 4 15 15 9 41
6 JDR Stars 27 10 10 7 29 27 14 6 4 4 16 13 13 4 6 3 13 14 2 40
7 Free State Stars 27 10 8 9 33 31 14 4 5 5 20 19 13 6 3 4 13 12 2 38
8 Uthongathi 27 9 10 8 28 28 13 4 6 3 13 14 14 5 4 5 15 14 0 37
9 Jomo Cosmos 27 9 9 9 24 25 14 1 7 6 9 15 13 8 2 3 15 10 -1 36
10 Pretoria Callies 27 9 8 10 19 22 14 5 2 7 12 16 13 4 6 3 7 6 -3 35
11 Polokwane City 27 8 10 9 24 25 13 6 4 3 13 8 14 2 6 6 11 17 -1 34
12 University of Pretoria 27 8 8 11 24 26 13 4 5 4 9 7 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 32
13 Cape Town All Stars 27 8 8 11 26 31 13 4 2 7 13 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -5 32
14 Steenberg United 27 7 7 13 26 36 14 6 4 4 15 13 13 1 3 9 11 23 -10 28
15 Cape Town Spurs 27 6 10 11 19 33 13 2 5 6 13 22 14 4 5 5 6 11 -14 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 27 4 8 15 19 37 14 3 7 4 13 14 13 1 1 11 6 23 -18 20

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