Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — All Stars 4th with 48 points, Black Leopards 16th with 22, 26 apart. Per game in the league, Black Leopards were scoring 0.7 and conceding 1.3, All Stars 1.23 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.06 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched All Stars in 8 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
Peter Mokaba Stadium in Petersburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 41,733. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.