Black Leopards fights Moroka Swallows in Premier League battle

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Thohoyandou Stadium (40000 seats)

Struggling Black Leopards will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Moroka Swallows in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Black Leopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Moroka Swallows has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League

Leopards have less rest than Moroka Swallows in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tshakhuma, was also a home game here at Thohoyandou Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Black Leopards form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Black Leopards have to build on here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the Premier League.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Kaizer Chiefs that finished 2-2.

Leopards has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Leopards's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Moroka Swallows form and stats

Moroka Swallows, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Things are running smoothly for Swallows who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against University of Pretoria.

The supporters enjoyed Swallows's previous game versus Maritzburg United (placed 16th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Golden Arrows.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Moroka Swallows have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Leopards wins - draws - Moroka Swallows wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Moroka SwallowsR. Gamildien
R. Gamildien
4 goals
Black LeopardsR. Kabwe
R. Kabwe
1 goals
LeopardsR. Ramagalela
R. Ramagalela
1 goals

Black Leopards missing players

Moroka Swallows missing players

Black Leopards Moroka Swallows
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 4 8
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 29%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 71%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
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 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.3 6.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2 4.4
2.6 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.7 1.4
28% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 200% 80%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Moroka Swallows's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Black Leopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Black Leopards haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Moroka Swallows has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Premier League
  • Moroka Swallows has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
  • Moroka Swallows have not yet lost a game.
  • Moroka Swallows have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Moroka Swallows have scored in all their away matches so far.

  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 7 5 2 0 15 4 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 11 17
2 Moroka Swallows 7 4 3 0 8 2 4 3 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 6 15
3 Orlando Pirates 7 3 4 0 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 13
4 Cape Town City 7 3 3 1 11 9 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 12
5 SuperSport United 6 4 0 2 9 7 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 12
6 Golden Arrows 7 2 5 0 11 7 3 1 2 0 6 4 4 1 3 0 5 3 4 11
7 Baroka 7 3 2 2 9 8 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 11
8 Tshakhuma 7 1 5 1 5 6 4 1 2 1 3 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 -1 8
9 Stellenbosch 7 2 2 3 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 5 -2 8
10 Bloemfontein Celtic 6 2 1 3 6 7 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -1 7
11 TS Galaxy 7 1 4 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 3 1 1 3 -2 7
12 AmaZulu 7 1 3 3 8 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 6
13 Kaizer Chiefs 7 1 3 3 6 10 3 0 2 1 2 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 -4 6
14 Chippa United 7 1 2 4 6 9 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 6 -3 5
15 Black Leopards 7 1 2 4 5 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 2 7 -6 5
16 Maritzburg United 7 0 1 6 4 12 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 0 0 4 2 8 -8 1