National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Platinum City Rovers or Cape Town Spurs that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Platinum City Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the First Division, Platinum City Rovers have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. Platinum are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Profert Olën Park, having lost their two previous games here.
It's back home for Platinum, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pretoria Callies away with the result 2-1.
Preceding that match was a First Division defeat to Cape Town All Stars (0-1).The match schedule is unforgiving for Platinum City Rovers as they have a new game in only three days, a First Division match thankfully also at home. Uthongathi are visiting.
Platinum City Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. 8 goals have been conceded.
Cape Town Spurs form and stats
Spurs's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Cape Town Spurs have only collected 6 points from their away games in the First Division, after 1-3-3 (7 played).
Cape Town Spurs are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Hungry Lions.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus TS Sporting in the First Division.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TTM in just four days.
Spurs have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Spurs rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Nkoana 4 goals | E. Ntlaba 3 goals | W. Radebe 2 goals |
Platinum City Rovers missing players
Cape Town Spurs missing players
| Platinum City Rovers | Cape Town Spurs | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 16 | 7 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 81% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 16% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 38% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 36% | ||
| 38% | 57% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 44% | ||
| 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richards Bay | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Cape Town All Stars | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Venda FC | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | TTM | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Cape Town Spurs | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Pretoria Callies | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 12 |