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Free State Stars 0-0 Bidvest Wits - April 23, 2016 / Nedbank Cup 2015/2016

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Nedbank Cup 2015/2016 - 1/4 de finale

Charles Mopeli Stadium - Qwa Qwa - South Africa

April 23, 2016

8 000

Free State Stars

0 - 0

5-4 After shoot-out

Bidvest Wits

logo Free State Stars FSS

16' - Yellow card Daine Klate

45' - Yellow card James Keene

logo Free State Stars FSS

53' - Yellow card Sibusiso Vilakazi

58' - Substitution Phumlani Ntshangaseis substituted by Wangu Gome

68' - Yellow card Bokang Thlone68

72' - Substitution Danny Venteris substituted by Moeketsi Sekola72

79' - Yellow card Sello Japhta79

85' - Substitution James Keeneis substituted by Henrico Botes

90' - Yellow card Lucky Mohomi90

logo Bidvest Wits BW

105' - Substitution Sello Japhtais substituted by Davis Nkausu105

108' - Yellow card Ayanda Nkosi108

114

114' - Substitution Ben Motshwariis substituted by Dillon Sheppard

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Free State Stars

0 - 0

Bidvest Wits

Free State Stars Bidvest Wits

Team line-ups

Free State Stars

31 Mathole

Johnny Mathole

South Africa

B.date16/03/1989

Age27 years

positionGoalkeeper

33 Chabalala

Justice Chabalala

South Africa

B.date16/11/1991

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

24 Thlone68

Bokang Thlone

South Africa

B.date19/01/1991

Age25 years

positionLeft full-back

15 Kerspuy

Angelo Kerspuy

South Africa

B.date12/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m66

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Mashego

Katlego Mashego

South Africa

B.date26/11/1986

Age29 years

H1m69

positionMidfield

4 Makhaula

Makhelhene Makhaula

South Africa

B.date17/11/1989

Age26 years

positionCentre Midfield

13 Mohomi90

Lucky Mohomi

South Africa

B.date10/05/1991

Age24 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

8 Venter72

Danny Venter

South Africa

B.date19/05/1987

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Japhta10579

Sello Japhta

South Africa

B.date13/05/1994

Age21 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

5 Masehe

Paulos Masehe

South Africa

B.date28/09/1983

Age32 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

45 Nkosi108

Ayanda Nkosi

South Africa

B.date23/01/1993

Age23 years

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Johnny Mathole		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Justice Chabalala		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Bokang Thlone	68	25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Angelo Kerspuy		30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Katlego Mashego		29	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Makhelhene Makhaula		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Lucky Mohomi	90	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Danny Venter	72	28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Sello Japhta	10579	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Paulos Masehe		32	227	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Ayanda Nkosi	108	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bidvest Wits

16 Josephs

Moeneeb Josephs

South Africa

B.date19/05/1980

Age35 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

41 Ntshangase58

Phumlani Ntshangase

South Africa

B.date24/12/1994

Age21 years

H1m65

positionDefender

15 Mkhwanazi

Buhlebuyeza Mkhwanazi

South Africa

B.date01/02/1990

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2 Allie

Nazeer Allie

South Africa

B.date23/05/1985

Age30 years

H1m75

positionDefender

4 Khumalo

Bongani Khumalo

South Africa

B.date06/01/1987

Age29 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

13 Hlanti

Sifiso Hlanti

South Africa

B.date01/05/1990

Age25 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

30 Motshwari114

Ben Motshwari

South Africa

B.date21/03/1991

Age25 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

22 Shongwe

Jabulani Shongwe

South Africa

B.date28/02/1990

Age26 years

positionMidfield

7 Klate16

Daine Klate

South Africa

B.date25/02/1985

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Vilakazi53

Sibusiso Vilakazi

South Africa

B.date29/12/1989

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

28 Keene8545

James Keene

England

B.date26/12/1985

Age30 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Moeneeb Josephs		35	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	D	Phumlani Ntshangase	58	21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Buhlebuyeza Mkhwanazi		26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Nazeer Allie		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bongani Khumalo		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Sifiso Hlanti		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Ben Motshwari	114	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jabulani Shongwe		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Daine Klate	16	31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Sibusiso Vilakazi	53	26	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	James Keene	8545	30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Daouda Diakité		33
6	D	Da Costa Angula		29
40	D	Davis Nkausu	105	30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Nyiko Tshabangu		27
23	F	Moeketsi Sekola	72	27	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Mbuyiselo Thethani		19
29	F	Sthembiso Ngcobo		32

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
47	G	Thakasani Mbanjwa		19
5	D	Markus Lecki		22
6	M	Wangu Gome	58	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Abednego Mosiatlhaga		21
29	M	Dillon Sheppard	114	37	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Henrico Botes	85	36	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Lupeta		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bokang Thlone

Davis Nkausu

OUT

Ayanda Nkosi

Moeketsi Sekola

OUT

Katlego Mashego

Nhlanhla Vilakazi

OUT

Danny Venter

Sifiso Mbhele Khwela

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

James Keene

Henrico Botes

OUT

Jabulani Shongwe

Siyabonga Nhlapo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni Solinas

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Solinas vs Bidvest Wits

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 23, 2016

Solinas vs Hunt

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 23, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Gavin Hunt

115

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Hunt vs Free State Stars

12 victories

12 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on April 23, 2016

Hunt vs Solinas

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 23, 2016

Referee

Robert Smith

3 victories	6 draws	6 losses	Free State Stars15 matches	General total	Bidvest Wits16 matches	6 victories	4 draws	6 losses
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Free State Stars1 match	Season total	Bidvest Wits1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 23, 2016					Latest figure on April 23, 2016

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Key figures

Free State Stars keeps its 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most in FA Cup running (since 21/02/2015). It's a record streak. The first of history

Bidvest Wits keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 01/04/2016).

Free State Stars keeps its 6 matches without conceding any goal vs Bidvest Wits running (since 21/02/2015). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 03/11/2012 (2 matches)

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFree State Stars 1-3 Golden Arrows09/01/2016

VFree State Stars 1-0 Bloemfontein Celtic23/01/2016

LFree State Stars 2-5 Mamelodi Sundowns07/02/2016

VFree State Stars 1-0 Orlando Pirates17/02/2016

VFree State Stars 1-0 Cape Town Spurs24/02/2016

DFree State Stars 1-1 Polokwane City19/03/2016

Overall

VCape Town Spurs 1-2 Free State Stars05/03/2016

VBloemfontein Celtic 1-2 Free State Stars13/03/2016

DFree State Stars 1-1 Polokwane City19/03/2016

VSantos Cape Town 0-1 Free State Stars02/04/2016

LOrlando Pirates 1-0 Free State Stars09/04/2016

DBidvest Wits 0-0 Free State Stars16/04/2016

Current form

Away

VLight Stars 0-3 Bidvest Wits13/02/2016

VMaritzburg United 1-2 Bidvest Wits24/02/2016

VPolokwane City 0-1 Bidvest Wits09/03/2016

LAzam 4-2 Bidvest Wits20/03/2016

VMagesi FC 0-6 Bidvest Wits01/04/2016

VJomo Cosmos 0-1 Bidvest Wits13/04/2016

Overall

LBidvest Wits 0-3 Azam12/03/2016

VBidvest Wits 1-0 Orlando Pirates16/03/2016

LAzam 4-2 Bidvest Wits20/03/2016

VMagesi FC 0-6 Bidvest Wits01/04/2016

VJomo Cosmos 0-1 Bidvest Wits13/04/2016

DBidvest Wits 0-0 Free State Stars16/04/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	13	0
Scoring streak	12	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

926	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	786
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	6
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	6-0 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nhlanhla Vilakazi	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Daine Klate
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Daine Klate
Nhlanhla Vilakazi	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last match	Daine Klate

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

5 v

8 d

4 l

16 gf

16 ga

Away

16 matches

2 v

9 d

5 l

10 gf

13 ga

Total

33 matches

7 v

17 d

9 l

26 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

5 v

9 d

2 l

13 gf

10 ga

Away

17 matches

4 v

8 d

5 l

16 gf

16 ga

Total

33 matches

9 v

17 d

7 l

29 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 15, 2014
Home	2 - 0	August 11, 2012

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 22, 2014
Away	2 - 0	October 27, 2013

Latest head to head

April 16, 2016 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Bidvest Wits

0 - 0

Free State Stars logo Free State Stars

October 03, 2015 - Telkom Knockout 2015

Free State Stars

1 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

September 26, 2015 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Free State Stars

0 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

April 29, 2015 - ABSA Premiership 2014/2015

Free State Stars

1 - 0

Bidvest Wits logo Bidvest Wits

February 21, 2015 - Nedbank Cup 2014/2015

Bidvest Wits

0 - 0

Free State Stars logo Free State Stars

Best historical scorers against Bidvest Wits

Richard Henyekane	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Noah Chivuta	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Katlego Mashego	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Luyolo Nomandela	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Sthembiso Ngcobo	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Siyabonga Mdluli	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Free State Stars

Calvin Kadi	3 goals	2009 - 2012
Bongolwethu Jayiya	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Sibusiso Vilakazi	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Sifiso Myeni	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Sameehg Doutie	1 goal	2014 - 2014
Asive Langwe	1 goal	2010 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bidvest Wits

Paulos Masehe	16 matches	2009 - 2016
Katlego Mashego	11 matches	2011 - 2016
Kennedy Mweene	10 matches	2008 - 2012
Sadat Ouro Akoriko	7 matches	2011 - 2014
Daniel Cardoso	7 matches	2012 - 2015
Moeketsi Sekola	7 matches	2014 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Free State Stars

Sibusiso Vilakazi	13 matches	2009 - 2016
Calvin Kadi	10 matches	2009 - 2015
Moeneeb Josephs	8 matches	2013 - 2016
Faty Papy	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Ryan Chapman	8 matches	2010 - 2014
Jabulani Shongwe	7 matches	2014 - 2016