This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Black Leopards holding 15th place and TS Galaxy lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Black Leopards has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
It's no vacation for neither Black Leopards nor TS Galaxy as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Black Leopards form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Black Leopards have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Thohoyandou Stadium. Three consecutive losses here at Thohoyandou Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Leopards to get some points in this home game.
The Leopards fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Thohoyandou Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 1st). Preceding that match was a defeat to Chippa United (0-3).
The defeat against Mamelodi Sundowns was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by P. Shalulile).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Leopards here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
TS Galaxy form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for TS Galaxy so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-2 (win-draw-lose).
TS Galaxy has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Orlando Pirates for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maritzburg United at their stadium, the result 3-0.
Galaxy have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Galaxy in these games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Macuphu 5 goals |   O. Karuru 4 goals | R. Kabwe 2 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
TS Galaxy missing players
| Black Leopards | TS Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 85% |
| 85% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 15% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 29% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 41% | 48% |
- Black Leopards has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premier League
- Black Leopards has the most dropped points from leading position (12) 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.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 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 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 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 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Baroka | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 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 | TS Galaxy | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 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 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 9 |