Match Report
Cape Town Spurs went into the game 15th in the table on 30 points; University of Pretoria sat 10th on 38 — an 8-point gap. Cape Town Spurs had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Per game in the league, Cape Town Spurs were scoring 0.8 and conceding 1, University of Pretoria 0.9 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.07 goals per team per game.
Cape Town Spurs's unbeaten run stood at 6.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cape Town Spurs 3, draws 0, University of Pretoria 3, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 83% of the meetings. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Athlone Stadium, with room for 3,000 spectators. University of Pretoria led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
University of Pretoria: Samuel Julies (38')
Key stats
Possession: Cape Town Spurs 67% · University of Pretoria 33% · Total shots: 27-6 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 2-0