The visiting Golden Arrows side should be favourites in this visit to Black Leopards, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
- Black Leopards have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
The visiting Golden Arrows played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
It's quite the trip for Golden Arrows when visiting Black Leopards as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Black Leopards form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Black Leopards, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Thohoyandou Stadium. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Thohoyandou Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Orlando Pirates game.
In their previous game, the manager L. Seema led his Black Leopards to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Maritzburg United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Thohoyandou Stadium.
The defeat against Maritzburg United was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by T. Kutumela).
The manager L. Seema will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to TS Galaxy in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leopards here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Leopards have conceded 16 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Golden Arrows form and stats
2-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Golden Arrows in their Premier League matches away.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Black Leopards.
Golden has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Tshakhuma in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Golden Arrows have scored 10 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Golden have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Golden Arrows - Leopards 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Black Leopards won five, Golden Arrows won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Ndwandwe 5 goals |   O. Karuru 4 goals | M. Gumede 4 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
Golden Arrows missing players
| Black Leopards | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 82% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 76% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 35% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 24% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 47% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 65% |
| 12% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 35% |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.5 | 6.4 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 35% | 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 44% | 46% |
- Black Leopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Black Leopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Black Leopards have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Black Leopards have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Premier League
- Black Leopards have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League
- Black Leopards have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Premier League
- Black Leopards have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Premier League
- Black Leopards haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Moroka Swallows | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Golden Arrows | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Baroka | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Kaizer Chiefs | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Stellenbosch | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 12 |