AmaZulu vs Bloemfontein Celtic Premier League preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Tue 02.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, AmaZulu fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Bloemfontein Celtic.

Insights:
  • AmaZulu has the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
  • Bloemfontein Celtic have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither AmaZulu nor Bloemfontein Celtic 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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AmaZulu form and stats

3-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for AmaZulu so far this season.

AmaZulu's last game was hosting Stellenbosch (placed 11th) and winning 2-1. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Baroka.

AmaZulu are traveling soon after this match as the Nedbank Cup match at Golden Arrows awaits in four days.

AmaZulu has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, AmaZulu have conceded only 7 goals.

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Bloemfontein Celtic form and stats

There's been little loot from Bloemfontein Celtic's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Bloemfontein Celtic only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

226 minutes! That's how long the Bloemfontein goalkeeper Sipho Chaine and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Nedbank Cup trip to Cape Town City.

The attacking power of Bloemfontein when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As for defending, Bloemfontein rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Bloemfontein Celtic - AmaZulu 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AmaZulu two wins, four draws and Bloemfontein Celtic four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AmaZuluA. Memela
A. Memela
6 goals
AmaZuluL. Majoro
L. Majoro
4 goals
AmaZuluB. Ntuli
B. Ntuli
2 goals

AmaZulu missing players

Bloemfontein Celtic missing players

AmaZulu Bloemfontein Celtic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 4 Played P 1 6 13
4 3 3 Won W 0 0 3
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 5
4 2 0 Lost L 0 4 5
17 9 7 Scored S 1 5 12
15 7 2 Conceded C 1 10 14
93% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
79% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
21% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 23%
14% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 8%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 54%
21% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 31%
29% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.7 7.5 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 4.2 2.8
3 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 1.8 1.5
37% 33% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 43% 67%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AmaZulu has the most points from losing position (8) in Premier League
  • AmaZulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bloemfontein Celtic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bloemfontein Celtic have yet to win a game away.

  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 15 9 6 0 24 7 8 5 3 0 13 4 7 4 3 0 11 3 17 33
2 SuperSport United 14 8 4 2 23 13 8 4 4 0 11 6 6 4 0 2 12 7 10 28
3 Moroka Swallows 14 7 7 0 18 9 6 4 2 0 8 3 8 3 5 0 10 6 9 28
4 Orlando Pirates 15 6 7 2 17 12 8 3 5 0 9 6 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 25
5 Cape Town City 14 6 5 3 26 21 7 3 2 2 15 13 7 3 3 1 11 8 5 23
6 Golden Arrows 13 5 7 1 18 13 7 4 3 0 11 6 6 1 4 1 7 7 5 22
7 AmaZulu 14 4 6 4 17 15 8 3 3 2 9 7 6 1 3 2 8 8 2 18
8 Kaizer Chiefs 15 4 6 5 15 17 7 1 4 2 7 9 8 3 2 3 8 8 -2 18
9 Baroka 15 4 5 6 17 22 8 2 2 4 7 12 7 2 3 2 10 10 -5 17
10 TS Galaxy 14 3 6 5 14 15 6 1 2 3 4 8 8 2 4 2 10 7 -1 15
11 Stellenbosch 14 3 6 5 15 17 7 2 3 2 9 7 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 15
12 Bloemfontein Celtic 13 3 5 5 12 14 7 3 3 1 7 4 6 0 2 4 5 10 -2 14
13 Chippa United 14 3 4 7 14 18 3 1 1 1 4 3 11 2 3 6 10 15 -4 13
14 Maritzburg United 14 2 3 9 11 21 7 1 2 4 6 11 7 1 1 5 5 10 -10 9
15 Tshakhuma 14 1 6 7 7 20 7 1 3 3 5 11 7 0 3 4 2 9 -13 9
16 Black Leopards 14 2 3 9 10 24 9 2 1 6 7 16 5 0 2 3 3 8 -14 9