Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between University of Pretoria (2nd, 49 pts) and Platinum City Rovers (16th, 25 pts). University of Pretoria's recent output lagged their position: 11th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Platinum City Rovers were scoring 0.73 and conceding 1.37, University of Pretoria 1 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
University of Pretoria came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Platinum City Rovers against 13/15 for University of Pretoria.
With 39 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, M. Thulo was the man in the middle. The venue was Profert Olën Park in Potchefstroom, with room for 15,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.