Struggling Baroka will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Golden Arrows in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Golden Arrows could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only four sleeps ago.
Golden Arrows have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Baroka form and stats
Baroka's struggle is real here at Thohoyandou Stadium with only 3 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-3.
Baroka are confident in defense, having played 218 minutes without conceding a goal.
Baroka are returning here after visiting Polokwane City in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the match before that, Baroka hosted Mamelodi Sundowns and drew the game 0-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Baroka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Baroka as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Baroka has won 2 of these, drawn 7 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Baroka after this match as they are travelling to Chippa United for a Premier League game in only four days.
Baroka have scored 3 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Baroka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Golden Arrows form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Golden Arrows playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Golden Arrows failed to get anything from their last game, a League Cup home match vs Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that, Golden Arrows secured a home win against Mamelodi Sundowns with the score 3-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Golden Arrows in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Golden Arrows, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Black Leopards.
Golden Arrows are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. In the opposite end, Golden Arrows have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 2 - 3 - 2 (Baroka wins - draws - Golden Arrows wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mutizwa 6 goals |  N. Sibiya 2 goals |   T. Patjie 1 goals |
Baroka missing players
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| Baroka | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 82% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 55% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 55% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 128 | 64 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 44 | 86 |
| 41 | 19 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 17% | 16% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 8% | 40% |
- Baroka has the fewest points (3) at home
- Baroka has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
- Baroka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Baroka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baroka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Golden Arrows have scored away.
- Baroka have yet to win a game at home.
- Golden Arrows has the fewest scored goals (1) away
- Golden Arrows has the most conceded goals in the second half (10)
- Golden Arrows has the the worst goal difference (-7) away
- Golden Arrows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Golden Arrows have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Golden Arrows 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 | Kaizer Chiefs | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Highlands Park | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Maritzburg United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Orlando Pirates | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Black Leopards | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Baroka | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |