National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's All Stars or Orlando Pirates that keep their silverware dream alive.
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!
All Stars form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 First Division games here at Idas Valley Sports Ground for All Stars. The data says 4 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.
All Stars are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 234 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Nyembe).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for All Stars, who played 0-0 against Pretoria Callies. That match was also played at this venue (Idas Valley Sports Ground).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ajax Cape Town (0-2).The Stars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. All Stars have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
They also participated in Nedbank Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Orlando Pirates's previous game was their home loss versus Mamelodi Sundowns (0-1).
Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Tshakhuma with the score of 2-0.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Orlando Pirates as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Orlando are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndwandwe 5 goals |  M. Saleng 4 goals |
All Stars missing players
Orlando Pirates missing players
| All Stars | Orlando Pirates | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | ||
| 67% | 56% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 33% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 11% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 22% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.4 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Casric Stars | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Polokwane City | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Hungry Lions | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 6 | All Stars | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Magesi | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Baroka | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Platinum City Rovers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | MM Platinum | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Venda FC | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 14 | Pretoria Callies | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | TTM | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 55 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 | Sekhukhune United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Chippa United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Real Kings | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Golden Arrows | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 21 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
