Baroka have journeyed here for an interesting duel versus the hosting AmaZulu. Read up on the fixture with this full Premier League preview!
The hosts AmaZulu saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Golden Arrows, so at least AmaZulu are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Baroka when visiting AmaZulu as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
AmaZulu form and stats
AmaZulu are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two Premier League games here at Jonsson Kings Park Stadium. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for AmaZulu.
AmaZulu travelled for their previous game, a trip to Golden Arrows that ended 2-2.
Before that match, a CAF Champions League win away at Big Bullets.Early season league goal statistics from AmaZulu's 2 home games: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Baroka form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premier League ended in defeat. Last season Baroka had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 4, drew 8 and lost 3.
Evidence Makgopa scored in Baroka's previous match, the home game against Sekhukhune United that ended 1-0.
A 0-1 loss hosting Maritzburg United before that.Baroka have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three AmaZulu victories, two draws and three Baroka wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Makgopa 2 goals |  X. Mlambo 1 goals | B. Ntuli 1 goals |
AmaZulu missing players
Baroka missing players
| AmaZulu | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 1.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 100% |
| AmaZulu | Last season | Baroka | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 87% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 90% | ||
| 53% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 30% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 17% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Baroka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Cape Town City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Moroka Swallows | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Kaizer Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | TS Galaxy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 67 |
| 2 | AmaZulu | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 54 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | SuperSport United | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 6 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 44 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 9 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -5 | 36 |
| 10 | Baroka | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -8 | 34 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 27 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -24 | 23 |