Football tips: Pretoria Callies vs Venda FC - predictions and stats

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BidVest Stadium (5000 seats)

Scrambling Pretoria Callies cross their fingers to pull off an upset when they welcome hard-driving Venda FC in the next league fixture. It’s 13th vs 3rd and the home fans will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Pretoria Callies have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Gladafrica Championship
  • Venda FC is in the best form (4-1-1) in Gladafrica Championship

It's no vacation for neither Pretoria Callies nor Venda FC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pretoria Callies form and stats

Pretoria Callies's results here at BidVest Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Pretoria's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Black Leopards (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

A strong away win before that one, visiting University of Pretoria and winning 2-1.

Pretoria Callies are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at Free State Stars awaits in three days.

The Pretoria Callies fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. When Pretoria Callies hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Black Leopards, TTM, TS Sporting, Jomo Cosmos and Real Kings), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Venda FC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Two away matches in a row for Venda, whose coach Ferreira could celebrate last time after the win against Polokwane City.

A new game in only four days for Venda FC, the Gladafrica Championship home match versus Richards Bay. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Venda FC - Pretoria Callies 1-0 was the score in these sides' last head to head game, played this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Pretoria victories, zero draws and two Venda FC wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Magalela with 2 goals scored against Pretoria Callies in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

Pretoria CalliesE. Chirambadare
E. Chirambadare
6 goals
PretoriaK. Mosadi
K. Mosadi
5 goals
Venda FCR. Mutsivhuli
R. Mutsivhuli
3 goals

Pretoria Callies missing players

Venda FC missing players

Pretoria Callies Venda FC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 9 18
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
11 6 2 Lost L 0 3 3
21 14 2 Scored S 1 7 15
21 12 4 Conceded C 1 9 12
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 83%
61% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 44% 39%
50% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 17%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 33%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 50%
39% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 33%
 
2.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Pretoria Callies have created more than twice as many corners as Venda FC.
  • Pretoria Callies have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pretoria Callies have the most conceded goals (12) at home in Gladafrica Championship
  • Pretoria Callies have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Pretoria Callies have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pretoria Callies haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Venda FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Venda FC is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 Richards Bay 18 9 6 3 22 13 9 5 3 1 15 6 9 4 3 2 7 7 9 33
2 JDR Stars 18 10 3 5 21 14 10 7 1 2 14 7 8 3 2 3 7 7 7 33
3 Venda FC 18 8 7 3 15 12 9 5 4 0 8 3 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 31
4 Cape Town All Stars 18 7 8 3 20 15 8 4 4 0 11 5 10 3 4 3 9 10 5 29
5 University of Pretoria 18 7 7 4 24 18 8 4 3 1 15 9 10 3 4 3 9 9 6 28
6 Polokwane City 18 8 4 6 24 20 9 5 1 3 13 8 9 3 3 3 11 12 4 28
7 Uthongathi 18 6 9 3 18 12 9 4 3 2 10 6 9 2 6 1 8 6 6 27
8 Free State Stars 18 7 5 6 13 11 10 4 3 3 8 7 8 3 2 3 5 4 2 26
9 Platinum City Rovers 18 7 4 7 20 25 8 3 2 3 11 9 10 4 2 4 9 16 -5 25
10 Hungry Lions 18 6 6 6 18 17 10 4 3 3 10 6 8 2 3 3 8 11 1 24
11 Ajax Cape Town 18 4 9 5 16 19 10 3 5 2 9 7 8 1 4 3 7 12 -3 21
12 TTM 18 5 4 9 11 20 9 2 3 4 7 10 9 3 1 5 4 10 -9 19
12 Real Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pretoria Callies 17 5 1 11 19 21 8 2 0 6 12 12 9 3 1 5 7 9 -2 16
14 TS Sporting 18 4 4 10 11 21 9 1 4 4 3 8 9 3 0 6 8 13 -10 16
15 Jomo Cosmos 18 2 8 8 13 19 9 1 3 5 6 10 9 1 5 3 7 9 -6 14
16 Black Leopards 17 3 5 9 9 17 8 2 3 3 4 5 9 1 2 6 5 12 -8 14