Premier League match preview: Bloemfontein Celtic versus Moroka Swallows

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium (20000 seats)

Bloemfontein Celtic will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Moroka Swallows.

Insights:
  • Bloemfontein Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Bloemfontein Celtic form and stats

5-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Bloemfontein Celtic so far this season.

The home team returns to Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Golden Arrows (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against TS Galaxy.

Bloemfontein are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Stellenbosch awaits in four days.

Bloemfontein Celtic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. Bloemfontein Celtic are not conceding a lot of goals here at Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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Moroka Swallows form and stats

3-7-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Moroka Swallows in their Premier League matches away.

D. Gozar scored in Moroka Swallows's previous match, the home game against Black Leopards that ended 1-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Golden Arrows.

After this away game Swallows return home for a Premier League game against Orlando Pirates. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Swallows are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by Swallows in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Moroka Swallows - Bloemfontein 1-0, played this season. Bloemfontein Celtic-Moroka Swallows H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bloemfontein Celtic one win, Moroka Swallows three wins, six draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Moroka SwallowsR. Gamildien
R. Gamildien
11 goals
BloemfonteinS. Letsoalo
S. Letsoalo
7 goals
Bloemfontein CelticM. Masuku
M. Masuku
3 goals

Bloemfontein Celtic missing players

Moroka Swallows missing players

Bloemfontein Celtic Moroka Swallows
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 21
5 5 0 Won W 0 3 8
9 5 2 Drew D 2 7 12
8 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
23 13 2 Scored S 3 14 25
26 8 3 Conceded C 4 11 16
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
68% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 71%
27% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 27% 19%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 10%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
64% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 62%
18% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 38%
23% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
4.2 3.9 1 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 5.2 5.1
2 2.1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 2.6
56% 65% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 48%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bloemfontein Celtic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Moroka Swallows have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Moroka Swallows haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 13 7 0 34 11 10 6 4 0 16 5 10 7 3 0 18 6 23 46
2 AmaZulu 22 11 7 4 29 19 11 6 3 2 16 10 11 5 4 2 13 9 10 40
3 Golden Arrows 22 9 11 2 32 21 12 5 6 1 16 10 10 4 5 1 16 11 11 38
4 Moroka Swallows 21 8 12 1 25 16 10 5 5 0 11 5 11 3 7 1 14 11 9 36
5 Orlando Pirates 21 9 8 4 24 16 10 5 5 0 12 6 11 4 3 4 12 10 8 35
6 SuperSport United 22 9 8 5 29 23 11 5 6 0 14 8 11 4 2 5 15 15 6 35
7 Cape Town City 22 7 9 6 33 29 11 4 4 3 20 16 11 3 5 3 13 13 4 30
8 TS Galaxy 22 6 8 8 22 24 11 4 2 5 10 14 11 2 6 3 12 10 -2 26
9 Kaizer Chiefs 21 5 10 6 22 24 11 2 6 3 12 14 10 3 4 3 10 10 -2 25
10 Bloemfontein Celtic 22 5 9 8 23 26 11 5 5 1 13 8 11 0 4 7 10 18 -3 24
11 Baroka 22 5 9 8 22 30 12 3 4 5 12 18 10 2 5 3 10 12 -8 24
12 Stellenbosch 22 5 8 9 25 29 11 2 4 5 12 14 11 3 4 4 13 15 -4 23
13 Maritzburg United 20 5 5 10 21 25 11 3 3 5 13 14 9 2 2 5 8 11 -4 20
14 Tshakhuma 21 4 7 10 14 28 10 2 3 5 8 16 11 2 4 5 6 12 -14 19
15 Chippa United 22 3 8 11 20 33 9 1 4 4 8 12 13 2 4 7 12 21 -13 17
16 Black Leopards 22 3 4 15 16 37 11 2 1 8 8 20 11 1 3 7 8 17 -21 13