Polokwane City will not envision any pleasantries from hosts Baroka in this Gladafrica Championship fixture. Here's your full preview!
- Baroka have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the most scored goals (21) in Gladafrica Championship
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Baroka form and stats
Baroka have played 7 Gladafrica Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Baroka faced defeat in their previous match, away at JDR Stars (0-1).
A strong away win before that one, visiting University of Pretoria and winning 3-1.The Baroka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. Baroka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Polokwane City form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Polokwane City playing as the away team in the Gladafrica Championship this season.
Polokwane City are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the fixture against Platinum City Rovers (placed 12th).
A 1-1 draw at Uthongathi's stadium before that.{6 goals} so far away for Polokwane City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 6 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Baroka have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Polokwane City.The two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Polokwane City - Baroka 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tlolane 5 goals |  N. Bombi 3 goals | S. Dlamini 3 goals |
Baroka missing players
Polokwane City missing players
| Baroka | Polokwane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 86% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 86% |
| 57% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 50% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 86% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 36% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 21% |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.8 | 6.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.5 | 7.1 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 83% | 125% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
- Baroka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baroka have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Gladafrica Championship
- Baroka have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Polokwane City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Polokwane City have the most scored goals (21) in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Gladafrica Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Polokwane City | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 30 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hungry Lions | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | All Stars | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Ajax Cape Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Magesi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | TTM | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Baroka | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Platinum City Rovers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | MM Platinum | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | Venda FC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Pretoria Callies | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
