Sekhukhune United vs Stellenbosch – MTN8 Semi-Final 2^nd leg, 16 August 2025 Head to Head:

 Sekhukhune United and Stellenbosch will meet in the MTN8 semi-final 2^nd leg, in what will be their second meeting in the competition.

Stellenbosch won the first leg 2-0 at home on the 16^th August, Enyinnaya Godswill in the 23^rd minute and Devin Titus in the 34^th minute scored for Stellenbosch.

Stellenbosch’s win in the first leg was the first win by the home side in this fixture. It was also the only victory by more than a single goal margin.

This will be their 3^rd cup meeting, they previously met in the Nedbank Cup semi-final in 2022-23, Stellenbosch were the hosts on the 7th May 2023. Following a 0-0 draw after extra time, Sekhukhune United won 4-3 on penalties.

This will be their 11^th meeting across all competitions, over their previous 10 meetings there has only been three wins in open play, seven games have been drawn with one being decided on penalties.

Across all competitions, Stellenbosch hold an advantage with two wins, Sekhukhune have won one and there has been seven draws.

Five of the seven draws have been 1-1 and two 0-0. Both goalless draws in all competitions have been with Stellenbosch as the hosts.

Stellenbosch are unbeaten in their last six matches against Sekhukhune in open play in all competitions (W2 D4).

Sekhukhune last defeated Stellenbosch in a league clash in 2022-23, a 1-0 win away on the 14^th January 2023.

Prior to Sekhukhune’s 1-0 away league win in 2022-23, the first three league games between the sides ended 1-1.

The last four games in all competitions have produced goals, the last goalless draw was in 2023-24 in a league clash with Stellenbosch as hosts.

Chibuike Ohizu is the only player to have scored more than one goal in this fixture, he is the top scorer in this fixture with four goals.

Ohizu has scored four of the total 16 goals scored in this fixture, the remaining 12 goals have been scored by 12 different players.

Sekhukhune and Stellenbosch are the only two sides remaining in the competition yet to win the MTN8.

Steve Barker and Eric Tinkler have faced each on 13 occasions in all competitions, Barker has been victorious on eight occasions, Tinkler has won two games and there has been three draws. Tinkler won one previous game on penalties in the Nedbank Cup.

Barker is unbeaten in his last nine matches in all competitions against Tinkler (W8 D1), Tinkler’s last win over Barker came in 2019-20 when his Maritzburg United side defeated Stellenbosch 3-0 at home in a league clash.

Barker has defeated Tinkler in each of their last six matches, five were in the league and the most recent MTN8 semi-final 1^st leg.

Both sides scored three goals in their respective MTN8 quarterfinal clashes and they both conceded two goals. Both conceded first and came back to win.