Betting preview: Black Leopards vs Polokwane City should be interesting

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45264 seats)

Black Leopards and Polokwane City supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premier League season. Game on!

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.

This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.

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Black Leopards form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Black Leopards perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Black Leopards as a small favourite), we find six games. Black Leopards has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

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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Polokwane City form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Polokwane City in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Polokwane City, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Let's have a look at how Polokwane City performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 11 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 15/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Black Leopards won 1 game, 0 matches ended with a draw and Polokwane City has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 1

Top Goalscorers

M. Musonda
16 goals
M. Anas
8 goals / 5 assists
W. Musona
5 goals

Black Leopards missing players

Polokwane City missing players

Black Leopards Polokwane City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Black Leopards Last season Polokwane City
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
7 6   Won   5 11
9 4   Drew   7 11
14 5   Lost   3 8
30 17   Scored   15 38
46 14   Conceded   14 35
97% 93%   Over 0.5   80% 90%
73% 60%   Over 1.5   60% 73%
50% 33%   Over 2.5   33% 43%
30% 13%   Over 3.5   20% 27%
3% 7%   Over 4.5   0% 7%
57% 53%   BTTS   47% 57%
17% 33%   Clean Sheets   40% 33%
30% 20%   Failed To Score   33% 20%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners For (avg)   2.6 3.5
5.5 5.2   Corners Against (avg)   6.3 6.6
1.4 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.5 1.6
2 1   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Polokwane City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Polokwane City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Black Leopards
All CAF Confederations Cup League Cup First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 2 Maritzburg United
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 13:00 Polokwane City
10-08-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 18:15 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
Polokwane City
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
24-04-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 2 Bloemfontein Celtic
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 0 - 2 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 3 Chippa United
11-05-19 PL Orlando Pirates 3 - 0 Polokwane City
04-08-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Polokwane City
10-08-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 AmaZulu
14-08-19 PL Polokwane City 17:30 Bidvest Wits
28-08-19 PL Chippa United 17:30 Polokwane City
14-09-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 16:00 Polokwane City
21-09-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 SuperSport United

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

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