Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Polokwane City & TS Sporting face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Polokwane City and TS Sporting should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane City was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Nedbank Cup.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the First Division numbers at home for Polokwane City so far this season.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Polokwane, as the First Division home game vs Cape Umoya United is only four days away.
Polokwane City has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
TS Sporting form and stats
TS Sporting's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
TS Sporting has another fixture away, a First Division game, against Uthongathi in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
1 goal so far away for TS Sporting, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Nkabinde 2 goals |  M. Mvelase 1 goals | D. Chauke 1 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
TS Sporting missing players
| Polokwane City | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 66% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cape Umoya United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sekhukhune United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Richards Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Steenberg United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | JDR Stars | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Jomo Cosmos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Free State Stars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |