Polokwane City have delivered great football this season, sitting at 1st spot in the table. Magesi can look both up and down the table from the 9th position.
- Polokwane City have the most scored goals (15) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Magesi have yet to win a game away.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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.
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane City have been very solid at home in the Gladafrica Championship so far, with 22 points collected from 8 matches (7-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Polokwane City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Baroka. Up until that match this club had gone eight consecutive league meetings without being beaten.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Platinum City Rovers in a game that was won 3-1.Polokwane City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Peter Mokaba Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Polokwane have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Magesi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Magesi so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Magesi have lost on their last two travels.
Magesi are looking to quickly end their 185 minutes long goal drought in the Gladafrica Championship.
Magesi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Ajax Cape Town (placed 4th).
A 0-2 defeat away at Pretoria Callies before that.Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's most recent 11 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Magesi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 7 away games. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Magesi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tlolane 5 goals |  V. Wana 4 goals | S. Goovadia 2 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Magesi missing players
| Polokwane City | Magesi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 22 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| 87% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 60% |
| 53% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 53% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 20% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 40% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 1.1 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.1 | 9.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| 1.9 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 62% | 67% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 7 | 6.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Magesi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Magesi have yet to win a game away.
- Polokwane City have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at home.
- Polokwane City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Magesi have scored away.
- Polokwane City have the most scored goals (15) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+11) at home 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 | 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 | Ajax Cape Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 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 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Hungry Lions | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 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 |
