BR Highlanders have journeyed here for an engaging fight versus the hosts Prisons XI. Get smart on the fixture with this thorough Premier League preview!
These are hustling days for the home side, as they played only three days ago in the Premier League. That game was an away game at Gilport Lions, so at least Prisons are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It should be mentioned that BR Highlanders play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for BR Highlanders on grass are 3 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 14 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 11-17. You can compare this with overall results below.
Prisons XI form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Otse Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from Prisons XI's 9 home games.
An away draw last time out for Prisons, facing Gilport Lions in a game that ended 2-2.
Preceding that match was the home game against BDF XI that was lost 0-2.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Prisons XI at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
BR Highlanders form and stats
Let's have a look at how BR Highlanders performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 15/9 goals scored/conceded.
BR Highlanders might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Morupule Wanderers proved too strong as BR Highlanders slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Molepolole Stadium.
A 0-1 loss hosting Police XI before that.Head 2 Head
Prisons XI-BR Highlanders H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Prisons one win, BR Highlanders two wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Prisons XI missing players
BR Highlanders missing players
| Prisons XI | BR Highlanders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prisons XI | Last season | BR Highlanders | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 15 | 28 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | ||
| 90% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 65% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 70% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 25% | ||
| 10% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 15% | ||
| 40% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| 57% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 52% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Township Rollers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | BDF XI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Galaxy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gaborone United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Mogoditshane Fighters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Masitaoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Morupule Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Security Systems | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Police XI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Gilport Lions | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Prisons XI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | BR Highlanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sua Flamingoes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Notwane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Extension Gunners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Galaxy | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Township Rollers | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 25 | 40 |
| 3 | Orapa United | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Security Systems | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Gaborone United | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 6 | Prisons XI | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 32 |
| 7 | BR Highlanders | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | BDF XI | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Police XI | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Notwane | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Extension Gunners | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Morupule Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | Gilport Lions | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -11 | 18 |
| 14 | TAFIC | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -15 | 18 |
| 15 | Molepolole City Stars | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -17 | 11 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -28 | 9 |