Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hungry Lions & Venda FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hungry Lions form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the preliminary round.Hungry Lions have collected 13 points from their First Division home games so far after 4-1-0.
In their previous game, the manager Basie led his Hungry to a defeat away at Casric Stars. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Ahead of that match, Hungry Lions won a home game hosting TTM (3-0).Hungry Lions are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Venda FC form and stats
Venda FC was sent out of Nedbank Cup in the round of 16 last season.0 wins, 0 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Venda FC playing as the away team in the First Division this season.
Two away games in a row for Venda, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus All Stars. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against All Stars was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ajax Cape Town's place.Venda FC are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 8 away games. Venda FC have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous three meetings between these squads: Hungry Lions won one, Venda FC triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Mohlala 3 goals | A. Van Rooi 2 goals | O. Ncube 2 goals |
Hungry Lions missing players
Venda FC missing players
| Hungry Lions | Venda FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 21 | 30 | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 52% | ||
| 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.7 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 22% | ||
| 9.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 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 |
