Football match betting preview: AmaZulu vs Stellenbosch

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Moses Mabhida Stadium (94736 seats)

We have to say that both squads are doing all right, Stellenbosch enjoying a 2 point lead on AmaZulu in the standings. Game on!

Insights:
  • AmaZulu have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
  • AmaZulu have created more than twice as many corners as Stellenbosch.

It's quite the trip for Stellenbosch when visiting AmaZulu as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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AmaZulu form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for AmaZulu at their home stadium (Moses Mabhida Stadium) is 3 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since AmaZulu tasted defeat here at Moses Mabhida Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

In the match before that, AmaZulu hosted TS Galaxy and drew the Premier League game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does AmaZulu handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and two defeats.

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

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for AmaZulu here at Moses Mabhida Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). AmaZulu have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stellenbosch form and stats

3-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stellenbosch in their Premier League matches away.

Stellenbosch's last game was the home draw against Moroka Swallows (1-1).

Stellenbosch are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stellenbosch manager Barker as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Marumo Gallants FC.

Stellenbosch find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stellenbosch are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought previously this season: Stellenbosch - AmaZulu 2-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - two - zero (AmaZulu wins - draws - Stellenbosch wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AmaZuluA. Memela
A. Memela
6 goals
StellenboschA. Du Preez
A. Du Preez
5 goals
AmaZuluB. Ntuli
B. Ntuli
3 goals

AmaZulu missing players

Stellenbosch missing players

AmaZulu Stellenbosch
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 2 9 19
5 3 1 Won W 1 3 7
13 8 3 Drew D 1 5 9
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
18 8 3 Scored S 4 10 19
16 4 2 Conceded C 1 6 15
76% 55% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
52% 36% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 53%
19% 9% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 26%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 27% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 42%
48% 73% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 42%
33% 45% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 26%
 
4.2 4.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1.1 1.1
3.8 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1.3 1.9
1.8 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.8 7.3 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 2 5.4 4.4
2.5 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 1.8
35% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 48% 56%
 
6.8 6.6 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 0.5 4.8 4.9
2.7 2.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 1.9 2.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AmaZulu have created more than twice as many corners as Stellenbosch.
  • AmaZulu have not yet lost a game at home.
  • AmaZulu have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
  • AmaZulu have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League

  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 21 14 6 1 36 10 12 10 2 0 26 7 9 4 4 1 10 3 26 48
2 Real Kings 20 9 6 5 27 19 10 7 2 1 14 7 10 2 4 4 13 12 8 33
3 Kaizer Chiefs 18 9 5 4 22 14 8 5 1 2 14 8 10 4 4 2 8 6 8 32
4 Orlando Pirates 20 7 10 3 23 18 10 5 4 1 12 8 10 2 6 2 11 10 5 31
5 Stellenbosch 19 7 9 3 19 15 10 4 4 2 9 9 9 3 5 1 10 6 4 30
6 Sekhukhune United 20 8 4 8 16 13 10 4 3 3 10 5 10 4 1 5 6 8 3 28
7 AmaZulu 21 5 13 3 18 16 11 3 8 0 8 4 10 2 5 3 10 12 2 28
8 SuperSport United 19 7 5 7 22 19 10 5 0 5 14 13 9 2 5 2 8 6 3 26
9 Cape Town City 18 6 8 4 18 19 9 4 4 1 11 10 9 2 4 3 7 9 -1 26
10 Golden Arrows 19 5 10 4 24 23 9 3 4 2 11 9 10 2 6 2 13 14 1 25
11 Marumo Gallants FC 19 5 7 7 15 21 8 1 5 2 5 8 11 4 2 5 10 13 -6 22
12 Maritzburg United 20 4 6 10 13 22 10 3 3 4 6 9 10 1 3 6 7 13 -9 18
13 Moroka Swallows 21 3 9 9 11 22 11 1 5 5 7 14 10 2 4 4 4 8 -11 18
14 TS Galaxy 19 4 5 10 16 26 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 1 2 7 6 17 -10 17
15 Chippa United 20 3 8 9 15 26 10 0 7 3 7 11 10 3 1 6 8 15 -11 17
16 Baroka 20 3 5 12 12 24 10 3 3 4 6 6 10 0 2 8 6 18 -12 14