Premier League match preview and statistics: Molepolole City Stars fight Miscellaneous

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Competition: Botswana Premier League
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Molepolole Stadium (6600 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Molepolole City Stars holding 13th place and Miscellaneous lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Molepolole City Stars form and stats

Molepolole City Stars's results here at Molepolole Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 226 minutes without scoring a league goal. Tlhase was the last player to find the net.

The fans are hoping that Molepolole City Stars will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Galaxy (placed 4th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Security Systems.

Molepolole City Stars has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Molepolole City Stars have conceded 12 goals.

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Miscellaneous form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Miscellaneous, who have the most conceded goals (38) in Premier League, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). Miscellaneous are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Police XI fixture. Bitter travels for Miscellaneous as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Prisons XI match.

Miscellaneous failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Prisons XI (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 0-4 defeat away at Morupule Wanderers before that.

The attacking power of Miscellaneous when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Miscellaneous have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Miscellaneous - Molepolole City Stars 1-2.

Molepolole City Stars missing players

Miscellaneous missing players

Molepolole City Stars Miscellaneous
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 9 17
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
9 5 2 Lost L 3 7 13
10 3 1 Scored S 2 5 12
23 12 5 Conceded C 6 17 38
76% 67% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 33% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 82%
41% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 47%
18% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 29%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
41% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 47%
35% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 6%
47% 67% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 56% 47%
 
2.3 3.2 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 7 3.7 2.4
4.9 5.7 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8 4.2 2.8
0.5 0.5 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1 0.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
52 38 12 Total Shots T S 9 48 48
5 3 1 Shots on Target S O 0 15 15
120% 67% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Miscellaneous has the fewest points (4) away
  • Miscellaneous has the fewest scored goals (5) away
  • Miscellaneous has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
  • Miscellaneous has the most conceded goals (17) away
  • Miscellaneous has the most conceded goals (38)
  • Miscellaneous has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
  • Miscellaneous has the the worst goal difference (-12) away
  • Miscellaneous has the the worst goal difference (-26)
  • Miscellaneous have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Miscellaneous have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Miscellaneous haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Miscellaneous is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Molepolole City Stars has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Molepolole City Stars has the fewest scored goals (3) at home
  • Molepolole City Stars has the most clean sheets (4) at home
  • Molepolole City Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Molepolole City Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Molepolole City Stars have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Orapa United 17 11 4 2 31 10 8 4 3 1 10 4 9 7 1 1 21 6 21 37
2 Security Systems 17 10 5 2 24 11 9 5 2 2 15 8 8 5 3 0 9 3 13 35
3 Township Rollers 16 10 4 2 38 15 8 6 1 1 21 8 8 4 3 1 17 7 23 34
4 Galaxy 16 10 4 2 31 13 8 4 4 0 12 4 8 6 0 2 19 9 18 34
5 BR Highlanders 17 9 3 5 27 21 9 4 1 4 13 13 8 5 2 1 14 8 6 30
6 Gaborone United 17 7 6 4 25 16 8 2 3 3 5 7 9 5 3 1 20 9 9 27
7 Prisons XI 17 7 5 5 17 24 7 2 4 1 7 9 10 5 1 4 10 15 -7 26
8 BDF XI 16 5 6 5 21 20 10 3 4 3 15 14 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 21
9 Police XI 17 5 6 6 17 20 8 2 3 3 6 7 9 3 3 3 11 13 -3 21
10 Morupule Wanderers 17 4 5 8 15 21 8 2 2 4 9 11 9 2 3 4 6 10 -6 17
11 Extension Gunners 17 6 2 9 25 30 9 2 1 6 15 22 8 4 1 3 10 8 -5 14
12 Gilport Lions 16 4 3 9 16 25 7 1 0 6 6 16 9 3 3 3 10 9 -9 12
13 Molepolole City Stars 17 3 5 9 10 23 9 1 3 5 3 12 8 2 2 4 7 11 -13 11
14 TAFIC 15 2 5 8 14 28 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 1 3 3 7 15 -14 11
15 Notwane 17 4 4 9 16 24 9 3 0 6 7 12 8 1 4 3 9 12 -8 10
16 Miscellaneous 17 1 3 13 12 38 8 0 2 6 7 21 9 1 1 7 5 17 -26 6