Polokwane City make preparations for this match following their 1-1 result vs Uthongathi, a fixture that made them wiser. Will they show it against Platinum City Rovers?
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Platinum City Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Polokwane City form and stats
This stadium, Peter Mokaba Stadium, has been a fortress for Polokwane City in the Gladafrica Championship so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-1-0.
An away draw last time out for Polokwane, facing Uthongathi in a game that ended 1-1.
In the game before, a nice away win at Black Leopards. A Nedbank Cup game.
Polokwane City are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at Baroka awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Polokwane City in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively Polokwane have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Platinum City Rovers form and stats
3-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Platinum City Rovers in their Gladafrica Championship matches away.
Platinum City Rovers lost away at Casric Stars (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after five consecutive league games winning points.
A loss, in the Nedbank Cup away at Baroka, earlier.
After this away game Platinum return home for a Gladafrica Championship game against Venda FC. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Platinum City Rovers have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Polokwane City zero wins, one draw and Platinum City Rovers one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Dlamini 5 goals |  P. Tlolane 4 goals | S. Goovadia 2 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Platinum City Rovers missing players
| Polokwane City | Platinum City Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 85% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 85% |
| 69% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 23% | 14% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 0.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 9.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 7 | 6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
- Platinum City Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Polokwane City have the the best goal difference (+9) 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Casric Stars | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 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 | All Stars | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Hungry Lions | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Ajax Cape Town | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Magesi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | TTM | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Baroka | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Platinum City Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | MM Platinum | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 15 | Venda FC | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 16 | -11 | 11 |
| 16 | Pretoria Callies | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
