Golden Arrows get ready to welcome Mamelodi Sundowns for something different than the ordinary league football: The MTN8 Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Golden Arrows form and stats
Golden Arrows have played 1 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager L. Seema led his Golden to a defeat in the Premier League match away at SuperSport United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium.
Before that, Golden had a Premier League home game versus Maritzburg United which ended with a victory 2-1.Golden Arrows has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi's mission in MTN8 Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Mamelodi Sundowns playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Things are running smoothly for Mamelodi Sundowns who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Kaizer Chiefs.
Mamelodi Sundowns have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene. It's been 454 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Mamelodi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Chippa United.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AmaZulu.It's early days yet, but Mamelodi Sundowns has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Golden, two draws and seven wins for Mamelodi Sundowns. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sabelo 2 goals | S. Conco 1 goals |  T. Zwane 1 goals |
Golden Arrows missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Golden Arrows | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 49% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SuperSport United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Stellenbosch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cape Town City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Chippa United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Moroka Swallows | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Baroka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |