Baroka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Moroka Swallows.
- Baroka has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Moroka Swallows have not yet lost a game.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Baroka form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Baroka so far this season. Baroka are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Peter Mokaba Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The Baroka fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Peter Mokaba Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 1st). A 2-2 draw away before that, with TS Galaxy the opponent.
There will be little rest for Baroka after this match as they are travelling to Stellenbosch for a Premier League game in only four days.
Baroka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Baroka have conceded 8 from these games.
Moroka Swallows form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Moroka Swallows playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Things are running smoothly for Swallows who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 17 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against University of Pretoria. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the University of Pretoria game have they lost an away game, meaning Moroka Swallows has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Swallows are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Orlando Pirates (placed 6th). That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Cape Town City.
As mentioned above, Moroka Swallows drew the match against Orlando Pirates. Manager B. Truter brought on K. Mahlatsi to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Chippa United in just four days.
The visiting Swallows have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Swallows are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Gamildien 7 goals |  R. Mbulu 4 goals | E. Makgopa 3 goals |
Baroka missing players
Moroka Swallows missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 15 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 50% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 70% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 86% | 100% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 47% | 54% |
- All of Baroka's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Moroka Swallows's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Baroka has the most conceded goals in the second half (13) in Premier League
- Baroka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Baroka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Baroka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Moroka Swallows have not yet lost a game.
- Moroka Swallows have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Moroka Swallows have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Moroka Swallows haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Golden Arrows | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Stellenbosch | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Baroka | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Tshakhuma | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Kaizer Chiefs | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 6 |