The brand new season is about to kick off and the supporters are trembling with anticipation. It’s all to play for as University of Pretoria welcome Cape Town All Stars for the opening fixture at ABSA Tuks Stadium. Keep reading!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cape Town All Stars, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Pretoria have less rest than Cape Town All Stars in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League Play-offs game only four days ago. This match was also played here at ABSA Tuks Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cape Town All Stars have had more rest.
University of Pretoria form and stats
The season before, University of Pretoria's league statistics were 13 wins, 13 draws and 4 losses, producing 2nd place in the Premier League Play-offs. In these 30 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 26. Performing as the home side in the last season University of Pretoria generated 9-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 12 conceded.
Cape Town All Stars form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cape Town All Stars performed last season in the Premier League Play-offs: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 12 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 13/15 goals scored/conceded.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Moroka Swallows in just three days.
Head 2 Head
University of Pretoria and Cape Town All Stars have played each other already this season: Cape Town All Stars - University of Pretoria 1-3. Data for the former six meetings between these two squads are: four wins for University of Pretoria, one draw and one win for Cape Town All Stars. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
![]() N. Mdabuka 11 goals | ![]() L. Phewa 9 goals | ![]() S. Nyembe 6 goals |
University of Pretoria missing players
Cape Town All Stars missing players
| University of Pretoria | Cape Town All Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 11.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| University of Pretoria | Last season | Cape Town All Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 60% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 10% | ||
| 57% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 37% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 6.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.1 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 54 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 48 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Venda FC | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 44 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 41 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Black Leopards | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Platinum City Rovers | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 38 |
| 11 | Hungry Lions | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | TTM | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -19 | 34 |
| 14 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | TS Sporting | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -12 | 28 |