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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Stadium (64100 seats)

It's time for Cape Town City - Moroka Swallows! Despite the season performances so far, this fixture could be immense!

Insights:
  • Cape Town City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moroka Swallows have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Moroka Swallows when visiting Cape as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cape and Moroka Swallows.

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Cape Town City form and stats

Cape Town City have played 7 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Cape Town City are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 188 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Morris). Cape are confident in defense, having played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Cape Town City manager Tinkler and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Marumo Gallants FC (placed 11th) in the Premier League.

0-0 away at Baroka before that.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cape as they are travelling to their away game against SuperSport United in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

The Cape fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Cape have conceded 9 goals.

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Moroka Swallows form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Moroka Swallows so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Moroka Swallows's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Orlando Pirates (placed 3rd).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Marumo Gallants FC.

After this away game Swallows return home for a Premier League game against Golden Arrows. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Swallows are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 7 away games. It's not easy to score on Swallows as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This duo played each other previously this season: Moroka Swallows - Cape 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cape Town City four wins, three draws and Moroka Swallows three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CapeM. Mdantsane
M. Mdantsane
6 goals
Cape Town CityF. Lakay
F. Lakay
2 goals
Moroka SwallowsR. Gamildien
R. Gamildien
2 goals

Cape Town City missing players

Moroka Swallows missing players

Cape Town City Moroka Swallows
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 16
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 2
7 3 0 Drew D 2 3 7
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 7
13 9 4 Scored S 0 1 6
15 9 2 Conceded C 0 5 16
64% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 57% 75%
50% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 14% 38%
36% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 19%
21% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
14% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
43% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 38%
57% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 86% 62%
 
3.5 2.3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.9 3.8
1.9 1.7 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3 2.6
1.4 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.3 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 4.3 4.9
2.5 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.6 2.2
37% 47% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 9% 17%
 
5.9 5.9 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5.7 5.1
3 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.9 2.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Cape Town City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cape Town City have scored more than double the goals of Moroka Swallows.
  • Cape Town City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Moroka Swallows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Moroka Swallows have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Premier League
  • Moroka Swallows have the fewest scored goals (6) in Premier League
  • Moroka Swallows have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League

  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 16 12 4 0 28 6 9 8 1 0 19 5 7 4 3 0 9 1 22 40
2 Kaizer Chiefs 14 7 4 3 19 13 7 4 1 2 12 8 7 3 3 1 7 5 6 25
3 Orlando Pirates 16 5 9 2 18 12 7 3 3 1 8 6 9 2 6 1 10 6 6 24
4 Real Kings 15 6 5 4 21 16 8 5 2 1 12 7 7 1 3 3 9 9 5 23
5 Stellenbosch 16 5 8 3 16 14 8 3 3 2 7 8 8 2 5 1 9 6 2 23
6 Sekhukhune United 15 7 2 6 12 11 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 4 0 4 6 7 1 23
7 SuperSport United 15 6 4 5 18 13 8 4 0 4 11 9 7 2 4 1 7 4 5 22
8 AmaZulu 17 3 12 2 15 14 9 2 7 0 7 4 8 1 5 2 8 10 1 21
9 Golden Arrows 14 4 7 3 19 18 7 3 3 1 10 7 7 1 4 2 9 11 1 19
10 Cape Town City 14 4 7 3 13 15 7 3 3 1 9 9 7 1 4 2 4 6 -2 19
11 Marumo Gallants FC 15 4 6 5 10 15 7 1 5 1 5 7 8 3 1 4 5 8 -5 18
12 Maritzburg United 16 3 6 7 10 15 7 2 3 2 3 4 9 1 3 5 7 11 -5 15
13 Moroka Swallows 16 2 7 7 6 16 9 1 4 4 5 11 7 1 3 3 1 5 -10 13
14 TS Galaxy 15 3 3 9 14 24 8 3 3 2 10 8 7 0 0 7 4 16 -10 12
15 Chippa United 15 2 6 7 9 19 7 0 5 2 3 6 8 2 1 5 6 13 -10 12
16 Baroka 15 2 4 9 10 17 7 2 2 3 4 4 8 0 2 6 6 13 -7 10