King Zwelithini Stadium: AmaZulu vs Mamelodi Sundowns Premier League preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: King Zwelithini Stadium (10000 seats)

The visiting Mamelodi Sundowns side should be favourites in this visit to AmaZulu, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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AmaZulu form and stats

AmaZulu have collected 8 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-2-3.

A good away victory last time out for AmaZulu, who won 2-1 against Bloemfontein Celtic (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Black Leopards that finished 0-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for AmaZulu as they are travelling to their away game against Cape Town City in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

AmaZulu have scored 4 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. AmaZulu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Mamelodi Sundowns playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Two travels in a row for Mamelodi Sundowns, whose manager P. Mosimane could celebrate last time after the CAF Champions League win against USM Alger. Before that, Mamelodi Sundowns secured a home win against Polokwane City with the score 1-0.

After this away game Mamelodi Sundowns return home for a Premier League game against Bidvest Wits. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Mamelodi Sundowns find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Mamelodi Sundowns have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Mamelodi Sundowns - AmaZulu 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): AmaZulu 2 wins, 1 draw and Mamelodi Sundowns 7 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AmaZuluB. Ntuli
B. Ntuli
8 goals
Mamelodi SundownsT. Zwane
T. Zwane
3 goals
Mamelodi SundownsL. Sirino
L. Sirino
2 goals

AmaZulu missing players

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

AmaZulu Mamelodi Sundowns
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 2 6 14
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 8
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 2
9 4 0 Scored S 2 8 19
15 8 5 Conceded C 1 7 12
80% 71% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 93%
53% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 71%
27% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
27% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 83% 57%
33% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 36%
60% 71% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 14%
 
4.7 4.3 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.5 6.1
5.1 4.1 5.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 2.5 5.2 5.1
2.5 2.1 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
134 62 17 Total Shots T S 27 65 201
39 22 3 Shots on Target S O 9 22 62
23% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 36% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AmaZulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mamelodi Sundowns have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mamelodi Sundowns have scored more than double the goals of AmaZulu.
  • Mamelodi Sundowns have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kaizer Chiefs 14 11 2 1 29 11 7 5 1 1 13 7 7 6 1 0 16 4 18 35
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 14 8 4 2 19 12 8 6 1 1 11 5 6 2 3 1 8 7 7 28
3 SuperSport United 15 6 6 3 20 14 7 3 4 0 12 6 8 3 2 3 8 8 6 24
4 Bidvest Wits 11 7 2 2 16 8 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 4 1 0 7 1 8 23
5 Orlando Pirates 14 5 5 4 22 21 7 4 3 0 14 8 7 1 2 4 8 13 1 20
6 Highlands Park 15 5 5 5 16 15 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 1 4 3 5 9 1 20
7 Golden Arrows 15 5 5 5 14 20 7 4 2 1 11 8 8 1 3 4 3 12 -6 20
8 Maritzburg United 14 4 6 4 9 10 7 2 3 2 6 7 7 2 3 2 3 3 -1 18
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 14 4 5 5 20 18 7 3 2 2 13 7 7 1 3 3 7 11 2 17
10 Chippa United 15 4 5 6 10 11 9 2 5 2 5 4 6 2 0 4 5 7 -1 17
11 Black Leopards 14 4 4 6 13 19 8 3 2 3 7 8 6 1 2 3 6 11 -6 16
12 AmaZulu 15 4 4 7 9 15 7 2 2 3 4 8 8 2 2 4 5 7 -6 16
13 Stellenbosch 15 3 6 6 12 19 5 1 3 1 3 6 10 2 3 5 9 13 -7 15
14 Baroka 15 3 5 7 9 13 9 0 4 5 5 11 6 3 1 2 4 2 -4 14
15 Cape Town City 15 2 7 6 19 23 7 2 2 3 8 8 8 0 5 3 11 15 -4 13
16 Polokwane City 15 4 1 10 12 20 7 2 0 5 4 7 8 2 1 5 8 13 -8 13