| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free State Stars | 15 | D1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5/15 | 5-5 |
| Polokwane City | 15 | D1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4/15 | 9-9 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free State Stars | 7 | 30 | 41 | 2 | DLDWD | 8 | -1 |
| Polokwane City | 8 | 30 | 41 | 5 | DDLLW | 10 | -2 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2022-05-08
7th against 8th, but level on points: Free State Stars and Polokwane City both had 41. Scoring rates set the scale: Free State Stars 0.87 scored and 0.8 conceded per game, Polokwane City 1.37 and 1.2, with the league averaging 1.
The match was played at Goble Park Stadium in Bethlehem (capacity 20,000). The referee was S. Qunta, with 48 matches in our database and 1.8 yellows per game on average.
