Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Baroka & Platinum City Rovers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a First Division game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Polokwane City, so at least Baroka are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Baroka form and stats
Baroka participated in Nedbank Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Baroka have played 7 First Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Baroka, facing Polokwane City in a game that ended 0-0.
A First Division defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at MM Platinum.The Baroka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Baroka have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Platinum City Rovers form and stats
They also participated in Nedbank Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.As the visiting team in First Division matches, Platinum City Rovers have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.
Two travels in a row for Platinum, whose manager Sutton could celebrate last time after the win against University of Pretoria. Mashiane came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against University of Pretoria last time out, making the manager Sutton feel like a tactical genius.
Before that, Platinum City Rovers secured a home win against Magesi with the score 1-0.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Platinum City Rovers has managed {7 goals} and let in 7 from 7 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Dlamini 5 goals |  S. Dlamini 3 goals | D. Ndlovu 2 goals |
Baroka missing players
Platinum City Rovers missing players
| Baroka | Platinum City Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 44% | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.5 | 4.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 55% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 6.7 | 4.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Polokwane City | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hungry Lions | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Ajax Cape Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | All Stars | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | TTM | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Magesi | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Platinum City Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | MM Platinum | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Baroka | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Venda FC | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Pretoria Callies | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
