There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the BR Highlanders - Police XI latest:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Police XI have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-3-0 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
BR Highlanders form and stats
BR Highlanders have played 10 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Serowe Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Extension Gunners (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, BR Highlanders lost 0-4 at home to Galaxy.
BR Highlanders are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Police XI form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Police XI delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against BDF XI (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Notwane.
Police XI are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Police XI have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Police XI - BR Highlanders 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (BR Highlanders wins - draws - Police XI wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.BR Highlanders missing players
Police XI missing players
| BR Highlanders | Police XI | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 26 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 79% |
| 74% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 32% |
| 26% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 53% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 21% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 13 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 48 | 93 |
| 29 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 16 |
| 48% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 81% |
- BR Highlanders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Police XI have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Township Rollers | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Orapa United | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Security Systems | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Galaxy | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Gaborone United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | BR Highlanders | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Prisons XI | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 8 | BDF XI | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | Police XI | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Morupule Wanderers | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Notwane | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Extension Gunners | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | Gilport Lions | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 14 | TAFIC | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -16 | 15 |
| 15 | Molepolole City Stars | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -16 | 11 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -27 | 9 |