Important clash in the "wrong" end of the Gladafrica Championship, with both MM Platinum and Black Leopards feeling more distress than bliss. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the host team placed 15th and the guests in 16th spot.
- Black Leopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
MM Platinum form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Gladafrica Championship games here at BidVest Stadium for MM Platinum. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. When MM Platinum hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like TTM, Venda FC, Pretoria Callies, Platinum City Rovers and MM Platinum), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
An away draw last time out for MM Platinum, facing JDR Stars in a game that ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match, Platinum lost 1-2 at home to All Stars.The MM Platinum fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, MM Platinum have conceded only 6 goals. MM Platinum has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Black Leopards form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Black Leopards so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Leopards's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Black Leopards delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against University of Pretoria (placed 8th) in their previous fixture.
A 1-2 loss hosting Uthongathi before that.Black Leopards find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Leopards have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head match ended Black Leopards - MM Platinum 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Jappie 4 goals |  T. Thutlwa 3 goals | M. Tshabalala 3 goals |
MM Platinum missing players
Black Leopards missing players
| MM Platinum | Black Leopards | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 94% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 81% |
| 75% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 6% |
| 56% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 19% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 31% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 43% | 41% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 83% | 55% |
| 13.3 | 13 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7.7 | 8 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.8 |
- Black Leopards have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Black Leopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- MM Platinum have created more than twice as many corners as Black Leopards.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Hungry Lions | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | All Stars | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 22 |
| 9 | Baroka | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Magesi | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Venda FC | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | Platinum City Rovers | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | TTM | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Pretoria Callies | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | MM Platinum | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
