Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cape Town Spurs & Baroka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Baroka, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
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!
Cape Town Spurs form and stats
Last season, Cape Town Spurs's Nedbank Cup journey ended in the preliminary round.7-0-1 is the performance here at Athlone Stadium so far in the First Division, giving Cape Town Spurs a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cape Town Spurs, as their goalkeeper Lincoln Liano Vyver has completely shut out the opponents for 411 minutes in the First Division.
The home team returns to Athlone Stadium after drawing with Polokwane City on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Before that, Spurs had a First Division home game versus All Stars which ended with a victory 2-0.Cape Town Spurs have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Athlone Stadium with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Spurs have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Baroka form and stats
Baroka was sent out of Nedbank Cup in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Baroka's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the First Division. Baroka only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Two away games in a row for Baroka, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Casric Stars.
A 1-1 draw at Pretoria Callies's stadium before that.The attacking power of Baroka when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Baroka have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous five meetings featuring these participants: Cape Town Spurs won one, Baroka were winners in one and we saw three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cupido 6 goals | T. Moosa 3 goals |  D. Ndlovu 3 goals |
Cape Town Spurs missing players
Baroka missing players
| Cape Town Spurs | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 66% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 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 | 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 | Cape Town Spurs | 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 |
