2021/2022
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free State Stars | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6/15 | 4-4 |
| Richards Bay | 15 | D1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11/15 | 9-3 |
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 |
| Richards Bay | 1 | 30 | 54 | 17 | WWDWD | 2 | -1 |
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 2021-12-18
Free State Stars went into the game 7th in the table on 41 points; Richards Bay sat 1st on 54 — a 13-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 0.87/0.8 for Free State Stars and 1.3/0.73 for Richards Bay (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.
Richards Bay carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this.
Goble Park Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
