Polokwane City - Baroka. 1st spot welcomes 13th spot. Everything can happen - get a comprehensive preview here!
- Polokwane City is in the best form (5-0-1) in Gladafrica Championship
- Baroka have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Gladafrica Championship
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane City have been very solid at home in the Gladafrica Championship so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Ever since the Black Leopards game Polokwane has been unbeatable here at Peter Mokaba Stadium producing six straight wins.
Polokwane City's last game was hosting MM Platinum (placed 12th) and winning 2-1.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Casric Stars with a 3-1 scoreline.There will be little rest for Polokwane City after this match as they are travelling to Black Leopards for a Nedbank Cup game in only three days.
From these home matches, Polokwane City have conceded only 3 goals.
Baroka form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Baroka playing as the away team in the Gladafrica Championship this season. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Baroka are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Two away games in a row for Baroka, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-4 versus MM Platinum. As you can tell from the result, the match against MM Platinum was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Casric Stars.A quick return to home after this game, as Baroka are hosting Platinum City Rovers in the Nedbank Cup only four days away.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Baroka have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding nine meetings): Polokwane City won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Baroka have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tlolane 4 goals |  S. Dlamini 3 goals | S. Goovadia 2 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Baroka missing players
| Polokwane City | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 73% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 64% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 55% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 9% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 64% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0.8 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 21 | 10.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 2.2 |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 78% |
| 6.8 | 6 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 6.8 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 1.8 |
- Baroka have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Baroka have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Gladafrica Championship
- Baroka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Baroka have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Baroka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Polokwane City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Polokwane City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Polokwane City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Baroka have scored away.
- Polokwane City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Polokwane City have the most points (18) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Polokwane City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Polokwane City is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Ajax Cape Town | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 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 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | All Stars | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | TTM | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Magesi | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Platinum City Rovers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | MM Platinum | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Baroka | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 15 | Venda FC | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Pretoria Callies | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
