All eight teams to reach this year’s Nedbank Cup quarterfinals have been here before, and all but one have a positive win ratio when it comes to ties at this stage of the competition.
Here is a look back at their record since 2008 ahead of the opening fixture of the round between University of Pretoria and Mamelodi Sundowns on Friday night.
AMAZULU
P4 W3 D0 L1 GF8 GA6
Usuthu have a 75 per cent win rate when they get to the quarterfinals though they have not been here since 2012. Their only defeat was in 2011 when they went down 2-3 to Mpumalanga Black Aces in a thriller. They have wins over Black Leopards (3-2, 2008), second-tier University of Pretoria (2-1, 2010) and Santos (1-0, 2012).
CHIPPA UNITED
P4 W2 D1 L1 GF8 GA7
Chippa also have a positive win rate and have advanced in 75 per cent of their quarterfinal ties, though they needed penalties to get past BidVest Wits in 2019 following a 4-4 draw, one of the all-time great Nedbank Cup ties. They beat Jomo Cosmos 1-0 in 2017, second-tier Richards Bay 2-1 in 2021, but fell at this stage last season when they went down 1-2 to Sekhukhune United.
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS
P12 W8 D0 L4 GF24 GA11
Sundowns have never been involved in a draw at the quarterfinal stage of the Nedbank Cup and have a 67 per cent success rate at this stage of the competition. They did go out in the last-8 in 2023 though as they lost 2-1 to Stellenbosch FC, to go with defeats to Platinum Stars (1-2, 2013) and Orlando Pirates (1-2, 2014 & 0-2, 2016). But it has mostly been a tale of victories, including a thumping 3-1 success over Pirates in 2010 and then an even better 4-1 beating of The Buccaneers in 2021.
ORLANDO PIRATES
P7 W4 D1 L2 GF10 GA10
Both Pirates’ quarterfinal losses have come at the hands
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