Perhaps a welcome break from league football as TS Galaxy & TS Sporting face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
TS Galaxy form and stats
Galaxy participated in Nedbank Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.TS Galaxy's results here in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The Galaxy manager Z. Dlangalala might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Orlando Pirates that finished 1-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for TS Galaxy here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). 8 goals have been conceded.
TS Sporting form and stats
Last season their Nedbank Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in First Division matches, TS Sporting have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. Two points from the last two away games for TS Sporting, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
The TS Sporting goalkeeper Abram Ramotlopi Ngcobo is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 401 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and TS Sporting playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
TS Sporting are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on TS Sporting as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
TS Galaxy-TS Sporting H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: TS Galaxy two wins, TS Sporting one win, one draw. zero of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Macuphu 6 goals | W. Lekay 3 goals |  P. Nkabinde 3 goals |
TS Galaxy missing players
TS Sporting missing players
| TS Galaxy | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 16 | 28 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.8 | ||
| 43% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 64% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | Cape Town City | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Kaizer Chiefs | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 9 | Baroka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Maritzburg United | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Tshakhuma | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 9 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -14 | 9 |
| 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 | Royal AM | 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 |