Delightful dogfight as daring Bidvest Wits duels with determined Baroka

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Tue 06.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: BidVest Stadium (15000 seats)

A new Premier League season is about to begin and this is the first game for these teams. Bring it on!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bidvest Wits and Baroka.

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Bidvest Wits form and stats

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bidvest Wits handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D1-L6.

Last season, Bidvest Wits's league statistics were 16 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 29. Playing at home last season Bidvest Wits managed 7-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 15 conceded.

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Baroka form and stats

Baroka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Let's have a look at how Baroka performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 13/18 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bidvest Wits - Baroka 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Bidvest Wits 6 wins, 1 draw and Baroka 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Motupa
9 goals / 2 assists
D. Hotto
5 goals / 13 assists
S. Murray
5 goals

Bidvest Wits missing players

Baroka missing players

Bidvest Wits Baroka
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored 0 1 3
1 1 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
4.5 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7.5
1.5 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 3.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Bidvest Wits Last season Baroka
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
16 7   Won   4 6
6 2   Drew   4 11
8 6   Lost   7 13
45 22   Scored   13 27
29 15   Conceded   18 37
97% 100%   Over 0.5   93% 90%
67% 67%   Over 1.5   53% 63%
43% 47%   Over 2.5   40% 43%
23% 27%   Over 3.5   20% 17%
10% 7%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
47% 40%   BTTS   47% 60%
37% 33%   Clean Sheets   20% 20%
20% 27%   Failed To Score   40% 30%
 
4.9 4.7   Corners For (avg)   3.3 5
3.2 2.6   Corners Against (avg)   5 5.1
2.2 2.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.9 1.5
4 3   Red Cards   0 2
Key stats last season:
  • Baroka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bidvest Wits have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bidvest Wits haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Bidvest Wits
All Mtn 8 Cup CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
27-04-19 PL SuperSport United 1 - 1 Bidvest Wits
04-05-19 PL Bidvest Wits 3 - 1 Baroka
11-05-19 PL Golden Arrows 0 - 1 Bidvest Wits
03-08-19 PL AmaZulu 0 - 3 Bidvest Wits
06-08-19 PL Bidvest Wits 0 - 1 Baroka
14-08-19 PL Polokwane City 17:30 Bidvest Wits
28-08-19 PL Bidvest Wits 17:30 Stellenbosch
21-09-19 PL Bidvest Wits 18:15 Orlando Pirates
01-10-19 PL Chippa United 17:30 Bidvest Wits
08-11-19 PL Bidvest Wits 19:00 SuperSport United
Baroka
All League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
28-04-19 PL Baroka 1 - 0 AmaZulu
04-05-19 PL Bidvest Wits 3 - 1 Baroka
11-05-19 PL Baroka 1 - 1 Maritzburg United
03-08-19 PL Baroka 2 - 2 Cape Town City
06-08-19 PL Bidvest Wits 0 - 1 Baroka
25-08-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Bloemfontein Celtic
28-08-19 PL Baroka 17:03 SuperSport United
15-09-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Baroka
22-09-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Highlands Park
28-09-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 16:00 Baroka

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 11 3 40 24 15 6 7 2 18 12 15 10 4 1 22 12 16 59
2 Orlando Pirates 30 15 12 3 44 24 15 7 7 1 25 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 20 57
3 Bidvest Wits 30 16 6 8 45 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 15 9 4 2 23 14 16 54
4 Cape Town City 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 6 3 6 19 17 12 48
5 Polokwane City 30 11 11 8 38 35 15 6 4 5 23 21 15 5 7 3 15 14 3 44
6 SuperSport United 30 12 8 10 29 28 15 7 4 4 17 11 15 5 4 6 12 17 1 44
7 Highlands Park 30 9 14 7 34 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 15 2 9 4 14 16 2 41
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 4 6 17 20 -2 40
9 Kaizer Chiefs 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 5 5 5 15 15 15 4 7 4 18 14 4 39
10 Golden Arrows 30 8 12 10 27 31 15 6 3 6 15 15 15 2 9 4 12 16 -4 36
11 AmaZulu 30 10 7 13 33 41 15 7 6 2 20 10 15 3 1 11 13 31 -8 31
12 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 27 35 15 4 4 7 11 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -8 30
13 Black Leopards 30 7 9 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -16 30
14 Baroka 30 6 11 13 27 37 15 2 7 6 14 19 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 29
15 Maritzburg United 30 6 9 15 22 32 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 7 17 -10 27
16 Free State Stars 30 6 9 15 31 47 15 4 5 6 19 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -16 27

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