Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mamelodi Sundowns & Moroka Swallows face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the MTN8 Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi Sundowns participated in MTN8 Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Orlando Pirates.Mamelodi Sundowns have collected 3 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-0-0.
The Mamelodi followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Kaizer Chiefs and win 2-1. Manager Mokwena felt very clever after Maema scored the winning goal against Kaizer Chiefs, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 67th minute. Ribeiro, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the highest rated player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.1 (out of 10). Ribeiro scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sekhukhune United.The match schedule is unforgiving for Mamelodi Sundowns as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Golden Arrows are visiting.
At Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Mamelodi Sundowns has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Moroka Swallows form and stats
Swallows was sent out of MTN8 Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Cape Town City turned out to be too strong.Moroka Swallows are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Home advantage was not enough for Moroka Swallows in their previous game as they lost hosting Cape Town City, 0-1. Phalane got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Phalane hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Moroka Swallows travelled to Golden Arrows and returned home with a draw after the Premier League game finished 1-1.{2 goals} so far away for Moroka Swallows, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Mamelodi have avoided a loss in the last 10 games (7-3-0) versus Moroka Swallows.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ribeiro Costa 2 goals |  N. Maema 1 goals |  P. Shalulile 1 goals |
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
Moroka Swallows missing players
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Moroka Swallows | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 76% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Cape Town City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Polokwane City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Golden Arrows | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | TS Galaxy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sekhukhune United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Moroka Swallows | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Real Kings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Richards Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
