The visiting Bidvest Wits side should be favourites in this visit to Black Leopards, as the away team holds a 23 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Relegation threatens Leopards who should definitely be looking for some points here. Bidvest Wits are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Black Leopards form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Black Leopards, who have the most conceded goals (41) in Premier League, at their home stadium (Thohoyandou Stadium) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
M. Musonda was the last player to score a league goal for Black Leopards and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Leopards haven't scored in 180 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Leopards will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against AmaZulu (placed 14th). Preceding that match was the home game against SuperSport United that was lost 0-1.
Black Leopards are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Mamelodi Sundowns awaits in three days.
Black Leopards are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 14 games. Black Leopards's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bidvest Wits form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Bidvest when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the SuperSport United match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Evanga scored in Bidvest Wits's previous match, the home game against Kaizer Chiefs that ended 1-0. A 1-1 draw at Bloemfontein Celtic's stadium before that.
Evanga came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kaizer Chiefs last time out, making the manager G. Hunt feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when Evanga scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Kaizer Chiefs.
A new game in only three days for Bidvest Wits, the Premier League home match versus Polokwane City. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bidvest Wits as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Bidvest Wits's manager G. Hunt has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 7 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bidvest Wits - Leopards 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Leopards won one, Bidvest Wits won six and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Musonda 8 goals |  D. Hotto Kavendji 6 goals | G. Motupa 5 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
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| Black Leopards | Bidvest Wits | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 30 |
| 41 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 82% |
| 64% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 7% | 21% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 11% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 64% | 50% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 241 | 115 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 130 | 324 |
| 88 | 43 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 37 | 106 |
| 30% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 32% | 28% |
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (20)
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- Bidvest Wits has the most clean sheets (14)
- Bidvest Wits has the most clean sheets (9) away
- Black Leopards has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Black Leopards has the most conceded goals (41)
- Black Leopards has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
- Black Leopards has the the worst goal difference (-15)
| 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 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 53 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | Bidvest Wits | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 49 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 46 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 42 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Highlands Park | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 11 | Golden Arrows | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | Baroka | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 28 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 25 |