Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Richards Bay & University of Pretoria face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Richards Bay and University of Pretoria 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.
Richards Bay form and stats
Last season, Richards's Nedbank Cup journey ended in the preliminary round.The story so far in the First Division for Richards Bay at their home stadium (Richards Bay Sports Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the First Division game versus Jomo Cosmos in only four days. This game is also played here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium.
Richards Bay has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
University of Pretoria form and stats
Pretoria's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the preliminary round.The story so far for the visiting team on their First Division travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The University of Pretoria goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 342 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
University of Pretoria have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Richards Bay won four, University of Pretoria won one and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dube 1 goals |  M. Selotola 1 goals | N. Dlamini 1 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
University of Pretoria missing players
| Richards Bay | University of Pretoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 117% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 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 | Royal AM | 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 |