Premier League match preview: Black Leopards believed to be the weaker party when Cape Town City pays a visit

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 11.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Thohoyandou Stadium (20000 seats)

Struggling Black Leopards will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cape Town City in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

It's quite the trip for Cape Town City when visiting Black Leopards as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

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Black Leopards form and stats

Black Leopards have played 14 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses). Black Leopards are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Thohoyandou Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.

The home team returns to Thohoyandou Stadium after sharing the points with AmaZulu on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Mamelodi Sundowns with the scoreline 1-2.

Black Leopards are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 16 goals in 14 matches. Black Leopards's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cape Town City form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League, are W6-D3-L5 on the road this term. Cape Town City has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Cape Town City's last game was the home draw against Orlando Pirates (2-2). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Chippa United at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Cape Town City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures. As opposed to that, Cape Town City have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cape Town City - Black Leopards 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Black Leopards won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Cape Town City has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

M. Musonda
16 goals
S. Mthembu
7 goals / 1 assists
G. Links
5 goals / 4 assists

Black Leopards missing players

Cape Town City missing players

Black Leopards Cape Town City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played 5 14 29
6 5 1 Won 1 6 13
9 4 0 Drew 2 3 9
14 5 3 Lost 2 5 7
29 16 3 Scored 5 19 47
46 14 5 Conceded 5 16 34
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 80% 93% 90%
76% 64% 50% Over 1.5 60% 64% 76%
52% 36% 50% Over 2.5 40% 50% 55%
31% 14% 0% Over 3.5 20% 29% 38%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 21%
59% 57% 50% BTTS 40% 43% 52%
14% 29% 25% Clean Sheets 40% 36% 34%
31% 21% 25% Failed To Score 40% 29% 24%
 
4.6 4.9 5.2 Corners For (avg) 4.8 3.8 4.3
5.5 5.2 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 6.2 5.6 4.5
1.4 1.2 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 1.6 1.8
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 1 4

Black Leopards
All CAF Confederations Cup League Cup First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-03-19 PL Free State Stars 2 - 2 Black Leopards
10-03-19 PL Black Leopards 3 - 2 Chippa United
07-04-19 PL Polokwane City 3 - 1 Black Leopards
10-04-19 PL Orlando Pirates 2 - 0 Black Leopards
13-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 1 Kaizer Chiefs
24-04-19 PL Bidvest Wits 3 - 1 Black Leopards
27-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 2 Maritzburg United
30-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 2 Mamelodi Sundowns
04-05-19 PL AmaZulu 1 - 1 Black Leopards
11-05-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Cape Town City
Cape Town City
All Mtn 8 Cup CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
02-03-19 PL Bidvest Wits 2 - 3 Cape Town City
05-03-19 PL Cape Town City 2 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
15-03-19 PL Cape Town City 0 - 0 Polokwane City
31-03-19 NC Kaizer Chiefs 2 - 0 Cape Town City
06-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 0 Cape Town City
14-04-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 0 - 3 Cape Town City
23-04-19 PL Cape Town City 1 - 1 Highlands Park
26-04-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 2 Cape Town City
04-05-19 PL Cape Town City 2 - 2 Orlando Pirates
11-05-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Cape Town City

  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 Orlando Pirates 29 14 12 3 41 24 14 6 7 1 22 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 17 54
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 28 14 11 3 37 24 14 5 7 2 16 12 14 9 4 1 21 12 13 53
3 Bidvest Wits 29 15 6 8 44 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 14 8 4 2 22 14 15 51
4 Cape Town City 29 13 9 7 47 34 15 7 6 2 28 18 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 48
5 Polokwane City 29 11 11 7 38 32 15 6 4 5 23 21 14 5 7 2 15 11 6 44
6 SuperSport United 29 12 8 9 29 27 14 7 4 3 17 10 15 5 4 6 12 17 2 44
7 Kaizer Chiefs 29 9 12 8 33 28 15 5 5 5 15 15 14 4 7 3 18 13 5 39
8 Highlands Park 29 8 14 7 33 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 14 1 9 4 13 16 1 38
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 29 10 7 12 32 36 14 5 3 6 15 16 15 5 4 6 17 20 -4 37
10 Golden Arrows 28 8 12 8 27 28 14 6 3 5 15 14 14 2 9 3 12 14 -1 36
11 AmaZulu 29 10 7 12 32 38 15 7 6 2 20 10 14 3 1 10 12 28 -6 31
12 Baroka 29 6 10 13 26 36 14 2 6 6 13 18 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 28
13 Chippa United 29 6 9 14 26 35 14 3 4 7 10 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -9 27
14 Free State Stars 29 6 9 14 31 46 14 4 5 5 19 20 15 2 4 9 12 26 -15 27
15 Black Leopards 29 6 9 14 29 46 14 5 4 5 16 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -17 27
16 Maritzburg United 29 6 8 15 21 31 15 4 6 5 15 15 14 2 2 10 6 16 -10 26

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