The league table is allowed to rest as Cape Town City and Moroka Swallows battle for MTN8 Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cape and Moroka Swallows.
These teams have little in common geographically as Moroka Swallows have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cape Town City form and stats
Cape was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the MTN8 Cup.Cape Town City have collected 1 point from their Premier League home games so far after 0-1-0.
Cape Town City are returning here after visiting Real Kings in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Taariq Fielies and Mduduzi Mdantsane scored the goal(s).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus SuperSport United that ended 0-0.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cape Town City at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Moroka Swallows form and stats
0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Moroka Swallows in their Premier League matches away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
240 minutes! That's how long the Swallows goalkeeper Virgil Vries and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Moroka Swallows are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at AmaZulu.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Real Kings in the Premier League.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Moroka Swallows has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Cape four wins, two draws and Moroka Swallows three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Fielies 1 goals | M. Mdantsane 1 goals |  M. Wambi 1 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Moroka Swallows missing players
| Cape Town City | Moroka Swallows | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 9 | 18 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SuperSport United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Stellenbosch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cape Town City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Chippa United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Moroka Swallows | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Baroka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |