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 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Black Leopards has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Premier League
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.
Black Leopards form and stats
Black Leopards's struggle is real here at Thohoyandou Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. The Leopards manager D. Kerr might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Stress levels are on the rise for Leopards's attacking players as they have now played 230 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Kabwe was their last goal scorer.
The Leopards crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Chippa United here at Thohoyandou Stadium in a Premier League match. Preceding that match was a defeat to Cape Town City (0-2).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Black Leopards as they have a new game in only three days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. TS Galaxy are visiting.
Leopards aren't scoring a lot here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Black Leopards defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi Sundowns, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. With three draws in a row for Mamelodi Sundowns the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Mamelodi played 1-1 against Moroka Swallows in their previous match. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Bloemfontein Celtic.
Mamelodi has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Chippa United in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Mamelodi's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Mamelodi Sundowns are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Leopards victory, zero draws and nine Mamelodi Sundowns wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Zwane 8 goals | P. Shalulile 4 goals |   O. Karuru 3 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Black Leopards | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 33% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 17% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 42% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.1 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 31% | 32% |
- Black Leopards has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Black Leopards has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (6) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most clean sheets (4) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the the best goal difference (+14) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have not yet lost a game.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored more than double the goals of Black Leopards.
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Golden Arrows | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Kaizer Chiefs | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | AmaZulu | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Stellenbosch | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Baroka | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Maritzburg United | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 9 |