It's only match two of the Mocambola for these sides. And there's points to play for here at Estádio do Costa do Sol as Costa do Sol receive Black Bulls Maputo. Get smart with this preview!
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.
Costa do Sol form and stats
In the previous season, Costa do Sol's league results were 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, providing 7th position in the Mocambola. Over these 22 matches they scored {22 goals} and let in 27. Playing as the home team in the last season Costa do Sol managed 5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 10 conceded.
The club members are hoping that Costa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Ferroviário Quelimane (placed 4th).
Heartbreak before that as Costa do Sol lost 0-3 at Black Bulls Maputo's place.Black Bulls Maputo form and stats
Let's have a look at how Black Bulls Maputo performed last season in the Mocambola: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {18 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 18/11 goals scored/conceded.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Matchedje in their previous game.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Costa do Sol.Head 2 Head
Black Bulls Maputo have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Costa do Sol.Costa do Sol missing players
Black Bulls Maputo missing players
| Costa do Sol | Black Bulls Maputo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 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 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Costa do Sol | Last season | Black Bulls Maputo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 77% | ||
| 45% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 55% | ||
| 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 18% | ||
| 45% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 36% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 14% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 49% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Black Bulls Maputo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ferroviario Beira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Songo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ferroviário Quelimane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ferroviário Nampula | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Ferroviário de Lichinga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Baía de Pemba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Costa do Sol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Ferroviário Nacala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | ENH Vilankulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Ferroviário Maputo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Matchedje | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 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 | Songo | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 50 |
| 2 | Black Bulls Maputo | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Ferroviário Nampula | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Ferroviário Maputo | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Ferroviario Beira | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Ferroviário de Lichinga | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Costa do Sol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | ENH Vilankulo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -9 | 26 |
| 9 | Ferroviário Nacala | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | Incomati | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 11 | Matchedje de Mocuba | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 25 | -22 | 17 |
| 12 | LD Maputo | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 15 |