Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Uthongathi & Casric Stars face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nedbank Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Uthongathi form and stats
Uthongathi was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the Nedbank Cup.Uthongathi have played 6 First Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Uthongathi drew their last game, also a home match. Black Leopards was the opponent, 2-2 the score.
Preceding that match was the home First Division game against Platinum City Rovers that was lost 0-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Uthongathi here at Princess Magogo Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Uthongathi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Princess Magogo Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Casric Stars form and stats
As the visiting team in First Division matches, Casric Stars have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.
It's the second away game in a row for Casric Stars, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Baroka last time out.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Hungry Lions in the First Division.Casric Stars are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 6 goals have been conceded by Casric in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mosadi 4 goals |  T. Mohlamme 3 goals | T. Rakwena 2 goals |
Uthongathi missing players
Casric Stars missing players
| Uthongathi | Casric Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 58% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 58% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 42% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | ||
| 3.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 36% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 60% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Polokwane City | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hungry Lions | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Ajax Cape Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | All Stars | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | TTM | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Magesi | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Platinum City Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | MM Platinum | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Baroka | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Venda FC | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Pretoria Callies | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
