Hungry Lions pay a visit to Platinum City Rovers and Profert Olën Park brimming with optimism, but the host team is not a walk in the park. More info on the match here!
- Platinum City Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Gladafrica Championship
- Hungry Lions have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Platinum City Rovers form and stats
Platinum City Rovers's struggle is real here at Profert Olën Park with only 5 points collected from 6 Gladafrica Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3. Platinum City Rovers has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Sutton and the players.
The Platinum club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Profert Olën Park: A 0-1 defeat against Venda FC (placed 13th). Heartbreak for Platinum City Rovers in their last match as Venda FC's Manzini scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Polokwane City.Platinum aren't scoring a lot here at Profert Olën Park in the league, with only {3 goals} from 6 games. On the other hand, Platinum City Rovers have conceded 7 goals.
Hungry Lions form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Hungry Lions are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
The Hungry Lions goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Hungry played 0-0 against Casric Stars in their previous match.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against MM Platinum.An interesting fact for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no side finding the net.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hungry Lions as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Hungry Lions have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past match involving both these participants is the Hungry Lions - Platinum City Rovers 3-2 played earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the last three meetings): Platinum won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Hungry Lions managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Dlamini 5 goals |  T. Mohlala 3 goals | A. Van Rooi 2 goals |
Platinum City Rovers missing players
Hungry Lions missing players
| Platinum City Rovers | Hungry Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 87% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 40% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 13% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| 4.4 | 1.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.7 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 22% |
| 7 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
- Hungry Lions have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Hungry Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Platinum City Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Platinum City Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Gladafrica Championship
- Platinum City Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
| 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 | JDR Stars | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | All Stars | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 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 | Hungry Lions | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Cape Town Spurs | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Magesi | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Baroka | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | TTM | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Platinum City Rovers | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Venda FC | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Pretoria Callies | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | MM Platinum | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
