Free State Stars are welcoming Baroka for another important game after their 1-1 result against Highlands Park.
The visiting Baroka played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Free State Stars form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Free State Stars have to build on here.Free State Stars manager N. Kavazović and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Highlands Park in the Premier League. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Orlando Pirates.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Free State Stars have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Free State Stars as they are travelling to their away game against Golden Arrows in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Free State Stars are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 17 goals in 13 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Baroka form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Baroka playing as the away team this season.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Mamelodi Sundowns with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kaizer Chiefs at their stadium, the result 1-0.
We have checked recent matches where Baroka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W3-D1-L5.
After this away game Baroka return home for a Premier League game against AmaZulu. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Baroka when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored in 13 matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Baroka in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Baroka - Free State Stars 0-0 entered in the official records. Last five meetings between the teams: Free State Stars won 2, Baroka won 2 and 1 draw.Top Goalscorers
  H. Tchilimbou 6 goals |  E. Rodgers 4 goals / 3 assists |   M. Mdantsane 3 goals / 5 assists |
Free State Stars missing players
Baroka missing players
| Free State Stars | Baroka | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | Played | 13 | 26 |
| 27 | 17 | Scored | 10 | 22 |
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | 13 | 31 |
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 88% |
| 77% | 85% | Over 1.5 | 46% | 62% |
| 50% | 46% | Over 2.5 | 31% | 42% |
| 27% | 31% | Over 3.5 | 8% | 12% |
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 58% | 62% | Both teams to score | 38% | 58% |
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheet | 23% | 19% |
| 35% | 23% | Failed To Score | 46% | 35% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | 2.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 5 | 2 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 2 |
- Free State Stars hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Orlando Pirates | 27 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | Bidvest Wits | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Cape Town City | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 7 | Kaizer Chiefs | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 37 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | AmaZulu | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Black Leopards | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | -13 | 26 |
| 13 | Free State Stars | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Baroka | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
