Betting preview: Bloemfontein Celtic vs Golden Arrows should be interesting

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sun 11.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium (20000 seats)

This is the Premier League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Who will get that important first win?

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bloemfontein Celtic form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Bloemfontein Celtic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bloemfontein Celtic as a small favourite), we find nine games. Bloemfontein Celtic has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Last season, Bloemfontein Celtic's league statistics were 11 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season Bloemfontein Celtic managed 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 17 conceded.

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Golden Arrows form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Golden Arrows in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Golden Arrows, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Golden Arrows performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 12 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 9 and lost 4 with 12/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 5 - 3 (Bloemfontein Celtic wins - draws - Golden Arrows wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Mabaso
9 goals / 3 assists
K. Mutizwa
8 goals / 2 assists
N. Mabena
5 goals / 6 assists

Bloemfontein Celtic missing players

Golden Arrows missing players

Bloemfontein Celtic Golden Arrows
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 1
7 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 8
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Bloemfontein Celtic Last season Golden Arrows
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
11 6   Won   2 8
7 3   Drew   9 12
12 6   Lost   4 10
35 18   Scored   12 27
37 17   Conceded   16 31
90% 87%   Over 0.5   87% 90%
67% 60%   Over 1.5   80% 70%
50% 47%   Over 2.5   13% 23%
20% 20%   Over 3.5   7% 7%
10% 13%   Over 4.5   0% 3%
47% 40%   BTTS   53% 50%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets   27% 27%
27% 27%   Failed To Score   33% 33%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners For (avg)   4.6 4.1
5.8 5.1   Corners Against (avg)   5.6 5.2
1.3 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.3 1.7
2 0   Red Cards   0 2

Bloemfontein Celtic
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 Bloemfontein Celtic 1 - 0 Kaizer Chiefs
04-05-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
11-05-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 3 - 1 AmaZulu
03-08-19 PL Orlando Pirates 3 - 1 Bloemfontein Celtic
11-08-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 13:00 Golden Arrows
18-08-19 M8C Mamelodi Sundowns 13:00 Bloemfontein Celtic
25-08-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Bloemfontein Celtic
28-08-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 17:30 Mamelodi Sundowns
15-09-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 13:00 Stellenbosch
Golden Arrows
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
23-04-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 1 - 1 Golden Arrows
28-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 2 - 1 Free State Stars
07-05-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
11-05-19 PL Golden Arrows 0 - 1 Bidvest Wits
04-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 0 Maritzburg United
11-08-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 13:00 Golden Arrows
24-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Chippa United
28-08-19 PL Orlando Pirates 17:30 Golden Arrows
14-09-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 AmaZulu
22-09-19 PL Cape Town City 13:00 Golden Arrows

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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