National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cape Town Spurs or University of Pretoria that keep their silverware dream alive.
University of Pretoria have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Cape Town Spurs form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.Overall First Division stats at home this season for Cape Town Spurs are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Spurs are returning here after visiting Black Leopards and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ryan scored the goal(s). Manager Bartlett felt very clever after Ryan scored the winning goal against Black Leopards, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting TTM (0-1).Cape Town Spurs have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Athlone Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Cape Town Spurs have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
University of Pretoria form and stats
Pretoria was sent out of Nedbank Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W2-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
Home advantage was not enough for University of Pretoria in their previous game as they lost hosting Platinum City Rovers, 0-1.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Casric Stars.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pretoria are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {2 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Cape Town Spurs wins - draws - University of Pretoria wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cupido 6 goals | T. Moosa 3 goals |  N. Zwane 3 goals |
Cape Town Spurs missing players
University of Pretoria missing players
| Cape Town Spurs | University of Pretoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 41% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 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 | Cape Town Spurs | 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 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 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 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 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 |
