SuperSport United's bid to secure a CAF Champions League spot for next season will be tested again ahead of their Tuesday match at TUT Stadium against Stellenbosch, who are aiming to end the season on a high.
The previous PSL fixture between the clubs saw SuperSport Utd emerge victorious 2-0 at Danie Craven Stadium in October. Jamie Webber opened the scoring for Supersport United in the 35th minute. Bradley Grobler also found the net.
SuperSport Utd have got the better of Stellenbosch of late, unbeaten in their last five PSL matches (W3 D2 L0). Stellenbosch are looking for their first league win in fixtures between the two clubs since February 2020. Supersport United have outscored Stellenbosch 5-1 during their unbeaten streak.
SuperSport in 7 previous league meetings against Stellenbosch have lost one game, won three and drawn three.
Stellenbosch’s one and only league win against SuperSport was in the 2019-20 season a game they won 1-0 on the 14th February 2020, with Nathan Sinkala scoring the games only goal in the 60th minute. They have gone over three years without winning a league game against SuperSport.
At home against Stellenbosch SuperSport have never previously lost they have one win and drawn two.
The only time a game in this fixture with SuperSport as hosts has been won was Matsasantsa’s 1-0 win in the 2020-21 season on the 4th November 2020. The other two games with them as hosts in 2019-20 ended 1-1 and last season they played out a 0-0 draw.
Victory for SuperSport will see them complete a league double over Stellenbosch for the first time.
Victory for Stellenbosch will see them record an away league win over SuperSport for the first time it will also be the first time that the away teams have won each game in the same season.
Should SuperSport keep a clean sheet it will be their fourth in a row against Stellenbosch in league games, they have not conceded a league game against them in 330 minutes since a 1-1 draw on the 11th March 2021. When Ashley Du Preez equalized in the 59th minute for Stellenbosch.
Stellenbosch have not feared well against the top five teams this season their record in 9 games against such teams reads W1 D3 L5.
Stellenbosch have won six of a possible 24 points against teams presently in the top five their only win was against Cape Town City at home 3-2, they also drew with Pirates, Sundowns and Cape Town City. Five of their six points have been won at home they picked up one point away in a 1-1 draw with Cape Town City. Away from home they have lost to Chiefs , Sundowns and Pirates.
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SuperSport United
SuperSport United sit in second place on 47 points, 18 points behind first-placed Mamelodi Sundowns. Third-placed Orlando Pirates, the first club outside of the CAF Champions League spots, are a point behind Supersport United.
SuperSport Utd won their last PSL match 2-1 at home against AmaZulu, extending their unbeaten streak to four (W2 D2 L0).
The performances of Grobler have been influential for SuperSport Utd this season. The striker leads the club with 10 goals, which is tied for the second highest among the league's top scorers, four of those having been the critical first of the match.
In their last six league matches, SuperSport Utd have won three, drawn two and lost one.
Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch earned a 5-2 victory over Golden Arrows at home in their last PSL match, leaving them in sixth place on 36 points. Stellenbosch have scored 37 goals and conceded 36 through 27 matches.
Iqraam Rayners and Júnior Mendieta have been the leading attacking threats for Stellenbosch, netting nine and eight times, respectively.
Rayners is tied for fifth among the league's top scorers in 2022/2023, while Mendieta is tied for ninth.
Rayners has had 16 goal involvements this season scoring nine and making 7 assists, Mendieta also has 16 goal involvements with 8 goals and 8 assists. They are the players with the most goal involvements in the league this season.
Rayners has managed to sore a goal every 125.33 minutes this season, he has been involved in a goal either scoring or assisting every 92,44 minutes.
Rayners faces his old team he came to Stellenbosch in the January transfer window from SuperSport he has scored 15 goals in 11 games in all competitions for Stellenbosch since joining them. He has scored 9 in 8 league games.
Rayners 9 league goals for Stellenbosch have come in 8 league appearances, he has scored in 6 of these games and they have not lost any of these games (W5 D1).
In 13 league appearances for SuperSport this season Rayners did not manage to score a goal, he did make five assists.
Stellenbosch, meanwhile, have won three, drawn one and lost two in their last six.