Premier League match preview: Mount Pleasant Academy versus UWI

Competition: Jamaica Premier League
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Drax Hall Sports Complex (2000 seats)

Mount Pleasant Academy perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. UWI can look both up and down from their 6th position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch. There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are located only 0 kilometers from each other, at least in air distance. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Mount Pleasant Academy form and stats

10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Mount Pleasant Academy, who have the most points (33) at home in Premier League, so far this season. Mount Pleasant Academy haven’t lost a game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Montego Bay United.

Mount Pleasant Academy drew their last game, 2-2 away at UWI (placed 6th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting UWI.

The Mount Pleasant Academy fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. Mount Pleasant Academy are not conceding a lot of goals here at Drax Hall Sports Complex, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 17 matches.

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UWI form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. UWI are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing.

There were no winners in UWI's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Mount Pleasant Academy (placed 3rd). A 0-1 loss hosting Mount Pleasant Academy before that.

UWI have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Let's have a look at how UWI performed last season in the league. They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 0 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In total they scored 0 and conceded 0 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 0 and lost 0 with 0/0 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the UWI - Mount Pleasant Academy 2-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Mount Pleasant Academy won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and UWI has 0 wins.

Top Goalscorers

R. Miller
7 goals
K. Beckford
6 goals
D. Hodges
4 goals

Mount Pleasant Academy missing players

UWI missing players

Mount Pleasant Academy UWI
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 16 34
85% 94% Over 0.5 94% 97%
47% 53% Over 1.5 56% 53%
21% 18% Over 2.5 19% 29%
6% 0% Over 3.5 12% 18%
3% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0%
32% 29% Both teams to score 38% 35%
47% 47% Clean Sheet 38% 29%
35% 29% Failed To Score 31% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Portmore United 33 19 9 5 53 27 15 7 5 3 15 7 18 12 4 2 38 20 26 66
2 Waterhouse 33 17 11 5 47 24 16 8 7 1 23 12 17 9 4 4 24 12 23 62
3 Mount Pleasant Academy 33 17 9 7 32 19 17 10 3 4 18 10 16 7 6 3 14 9 13 60
4 Cavalier 33 14 12 7 38 24 16 6 8 2 20 12 17 8 4 5 18 12 14 54
5 Arnett Gardens 33 13 9 11 39 33 17 8 5 4 22 13 16 5 4 7 17 20 6 48
6 UWI 33 13 7 13 32 31 17 6 2 9 16 18 16 7 5 4 16 13 1 46
7 Tivoli Gardens 33 11 6 16 36 42 17 6 1 10 20 26 16 5 5 6 16 16 -6 39
8 Humble Lions 32 8 11 13 33 38 17 6 6 5 20 17 15 2 5 8 13 21 -5 35
9 Harbour View 33 7 14 12 33 48 16 2 7 7 12 23 17 5 7 5 21 25 -15 35
10 Dunbeholden 33 8 9 16 33 42 16 4 4 8 15 20 17 4 5 8 18 22 -9 33
11 Montego Bay United 33 7 9 17 31 55 16 3 6 7 16 28 17 4 3 10 15 27 -24 30
12 Reno 32 4 12 16 24 48 17 3 5 9 17 31 15 1 7 7 7 17 -24 24

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