Match preview Premier League: Black Leopards - Mamelodi Sundowns at Thohoyandou Stadium

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Tue 30.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Thohoyandou Stadium (20000 seats)

Struggling Black Leopards will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Mamelodi Sundowns in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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 Black Leopards and Mamelodi Sundowns.

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Black Leopards form and stats

When playing at home, Black Leopards have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

The Black Leopards fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Thohoyandou Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Maritzburg United. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Bidvest Wits.

Black Leopards are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at AmaZulu awaits in four days.

Black Leopards has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Black Leopards have only conceded 12 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

Mamelodi Sundowns have an excellent away record so far with 8-4-1 from 13 games.

Mamelodi Sundowns play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Wydad Casablanca. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Chippa United in the Premier League.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mamelodi Sundowns are hosting Wydad Casablanca in the CAF Champions League only four days away.

Mamelodi Sundowns are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Black Leopards and Mamelodi Sundowns have met before this season: Mamelodi Sundowns - Black Leopards 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Black Leopards 1 win, 0 draws and Mamelodi Sundowns 9 victories.

Top Goalscorers

M. Musonda
15 goals
L. Maboe
8 goals / 4 assists
Ricardo Nascimento
4 goals

Black Leopards missing players

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

Black Leopards Mamelodi Sundowns
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played 4 13 27
6 5 1 Won 3 8 13
8 4 0 Drew 1 4 11
13 4 2 Lost 0 1 3
27 15 2 Scored 8 19 35
43 12 3 Conceded 5 11 23
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 100% 85% 78%
74% 62% 33% Over 1.5 75% 69% 67%
52% 31% 33% Over 2.5 75% 54% 41%
33% 15% 0% Over 3.5 25% 8% 15%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 25% 8% 11%
56% 54% 33% BTTS 75% 62% 52%
15% 31% 33% Clean Sheets 25% 38% 41%
33% 23% 33% Failed To Score 0% 15% 30%
 
4.7 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) 2.8 3.3 4.8
5.5 5.2 5.7 Corners Against (avg) 5 4.8 4.6
1.4 1.2 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.4 1.3
2 1 0 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Mamelodi Sundowns is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

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 17:30 Mamelodi Sundowns
04-05-19 PL AmaZulu 13:00 Black Leopards
11-05-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Cape Town City
Mamelodi Sundowns
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
06-04-19 CCL Mamelodi Sundowns 5 - 0 Al Ahly
13-04-19 CCL Al Ahly 1 - 0 Mamelodi Sundowns
17-04-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 0 - 2 SuperSport United
20-04-19 PL Baroka 1 - 2 Mamelodi Sundowns
23-04-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 3 - 2 Chippa United
26-04-19 CCL Wydad Casablanca 2 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
30-04-19 PL Black Leopards 17:30 Mamelodi Sundowns
04-05-19 CCL Mamelodi Sundowns 16:00 Wydad Casablanca
07-05-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 17:30 Golden Arrows
11-05-19 PL Free State Stars 13:00 Mamelodi Sundowns

  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 28 14 11 3 39 22 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 17 53
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 27 13 11 3 35 23 14 5 7 2 16 12 13 8 4 1 19 11 12 50
3 Bidvest Wits 28 14 6 8 41 28 14 6 2 6 19 14 14 8 4 2 22 14 13 48
4 Cape Town City 28 13 8 7 45 32 14 7 5 2 26 16 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 47
5 Polokwane City 28 11 11 6 37 29 14 6 4 4 22 18 14 5 7 2 15 11 8 44
6 SuperSport United 28 12 8 8 28 24 14 7 4 3 17 10 14 5 4 5 11 14 4 44
7 Kaizer Chiefs 28 9 11 8 32 27 14 5 4 5 14 14 14 4 7 3 18 13 5 38
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 28 10 7 11 32 35 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 5 4 5 17 19 -3 37
9 Highlands Park 28 7 14 7 32 32 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 1 9 4 13 16 0 35
10 Golden Arrows 27 7 12 8 25 27 13 5 3 5 13 13 14 2 9 3 12 14 -2 33
11 AmaZulu 27 10 6 11 31 36 14 7 5 2 19 9 13 3 1 9 12 27 -5 30
12 Free State Stars 27 6 8 13 29 43 14 4 5 5 19 20 13 2 3 8 10 23 -14 26
13 Black Leopards 27 6 8 13 27 43 13 5 4 4 15 12 14 1 4 9 12 31 -16 26
14 Baroka 27 5 10 12 24 33 13 1 6 6 12 18 14 4 4 6 12 15 -9 25
15 Chippa United 28 5 9 14 23 34 14 3 4 7 10 14 14 2 5 7 13 20 -11 24
16 Maritzburg United 28 5 8 15 18 30 14 3 6 5 12 14 14 2 2 10 6 16 -12 23

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