Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Venda FC & 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!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Venda FC form and stats
Venda FC have played 11 First Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Venda FC's previous game, also at home. Visiting JDR Stars travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
Before that game, the home loss against Richards Bay with the scoreline 0-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Venda as they are travelling to their away game against Uthongathi in the First Division. That match is four days after this one.
Venda FC aren't scoring a lot here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. Defensively Venda have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
University of Pretoria form and stats
University of Pretoria's mission in Nedbank Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.The visitors are W4-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Pretoria goalkeeper Thakasani Mbanjwa is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
University of Pretoria play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Platinum City Rovers.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Black Leopards in the First Division.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Free State Stars in just four days.
Pretoria are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Phewa 7 goals |  R. Mutsivhuli 4 goals | S. Julies 3 goals |
Venda FC missing players
University of Pretoria missing players
| Venda FC | University of Pretoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 87% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 22% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 13% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 43% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 39% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 30% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richards Bay | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 38 |
| 2 | Polokwane City | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
| 5 | Cape Town All Stars | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Venda FC | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 28 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | TTM | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Ajax Cape Town | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Royal AM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Pretoria Callies | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
