National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Polokwane City or Steenberg United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Polokwane City nor Steenberg United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Polokwane City form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the First Division for Polokwane City at their home stadium is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The Polokwane City manager W. Moloto might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Polokwane have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost three.
Polokwane City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Polokwane have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Steenberg United form and stats
Steenberg was sent out of Nedbank Cup in the preliminary round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
We have checked recent matches where Steenberg United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.
Steenberg have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. For Steenberg United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Stoffels 5 goals |  M. Mvelase 2 goals | P. Tlolane 2 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Steenberg United missing players
| Polokwane City | Steenberg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 27% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jomo Cosmos | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Uthongathi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Cape Umoya United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Pretoria Callies | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | TS Sporting | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Real Kings | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Steenberg United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Cape Town All Stars | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 9 |