Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Black Leopards & Polokwane City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more tension and significance.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a First Division game only three days ago.
Black Leopards form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.With 1 First Division win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Black Leopards are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Black Leopards crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Ajax Cape Town here at Peter Mokaba Stadium.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Uthongathi that finished 2-2.Leopards have scored {2 goals} here in 7 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Black Leopards have conceded only 5 goals.
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Polokwane City playing as the away team in the First Division this season.
Polokwane City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Baroka that finished 0-0.
Before that, Polokwane City secured a home win against MM Platinum with the score 2-1.{5 goals} so far away for Polokwane City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 5 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last seven meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Black Leopards, one draw and four wins for Polokwane City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tlolane 4 goals |  T. Thutlwa 3 goals | M. Tshabalala 3 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
Polokwane City missing players
| Black Leopards | Polokwane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 38% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 70% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 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 |
