Open game expected at Peter Mokaba Stadium: Black Leopards vs Highlands Park preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45264 seats)

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

Black Leopards and Highlands Park should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Black Leopards form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Black Leopards have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 2.

The manager L. Soccoia will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Maritzburg United in only four days.

Last season, Black Leopards's league statistics were 7 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 46. Playing at home last season Black Leopards managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 14 conceded.

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Highlands Park form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Highlands Park playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 0 Highlands Park wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

After this away game Highlands Park return home for a Premier League game against AmaZulu. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Let's have a look at how Highlands Park performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 14 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 9 and lost 4 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Black Leopards won 0, Highlands Park won 1 and 2 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Musonda
16 goals
M. Mvala
8 goals
P. Shalulile
7 goals / 2 assists

Black Leopards missing players

Highlands Park missing players

Black Leopards Highlands Park
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored 0 1 3
2 1 0 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 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% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 10 0 Corners For (avg) 0 8 7
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 2
1.5 2 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Black Leopards Last season Highlands Park
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played 6 15 30
7 6 1 Won 0 2 9
9 4 3 Drew 5 9 14
14 5 1 Lost 1 4 7
30 17 4 Scored 4 15 35
46 14 3 Conceded 5 16 32
97% 93% 80% Over 0.5 67% 80% 87%
73% 60% 60% Over 1.5 50% 67% 73%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 17% 33% 43%
30% 13% 0% Over 3.5 17% 20% 17%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 3%
57% 53% 40% BTTS 50% 60% 63%
17% 33% 40% Clean Sheets 33% 27% 27%
30% 20% 40% Failed To Score 50% 33% 23%
 
4.6 4.9 5.4 Corners For (avg) 6 4.7 4.5
5.5 5.2 6.4 Corners Against (avg) 5.7 4.7 4.8
1.4 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.5 1.6
2 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 2

Black Leopards
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 1 - 0 Cape Town City
04-08-19 PL Black Leopards 0 - 1 Polokwane City
10-08-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 1 - 0 Black Leopards
24-08-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Highlands Park
28-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 17:30 Black Leopards
15-09-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Baroka
21-09-19 PL Stellenbosch 13:00 Black Leopards
29-09-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Bloemfontein Celtic
Highlands Park
04-05-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
11-05-19 PL SuperSport United 0 - 2 Highlands Park
04-08-19 PL Highlands Park 2 - 3 Kaizer Chiefs
09-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 1 - 1 Highlands Park
17-08-19 M8C Orlando Pirates 0 - 1 Highlands Park
24-08-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Highlands Park
27-08-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 AmaZulu
22-09-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Highlands Park
29-09-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City
02-10-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 Orlando Pirates

  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 AmaZulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Baroka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bidvest Wits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Black Leopards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bloemfontein Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cape Town City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Chippa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Golden Arrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Highlands Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kaizer Chiefs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Mamelodi Sundowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Maritzburg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Orlando Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Polokwane City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stellenbosch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 SuperSport United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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