This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Cape Town City holding 11th place and AmaZulu lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It's no vacation for neither Cape Town City nor AmaZulu 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.
It's quite the trip for AmaZulu when visiting Cape Town City as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Cape Town City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Cape Town City, who have the most conceded goals (23) in Premier League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Cape Town City's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Baroka (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Bidvest Wits.
Cape Town City are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Kaizer Chiefs awaits in four days.
Cape Town City has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Cape Town City have conceded 8 goals.
AmaZulu form and stats
AmaZulu have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
The manager J. Vukušič was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium. AmaZulu suffered a 0-3 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bloemfontein Celtic at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SuperSport United in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting AmaZulu as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. AmaZulu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: AmaZulu - Cape Town City 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Cape Town City victories, 1 draw and 4 AmaZulu wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ntuli 8 goals |   K. Erasmus 7 goals |  T. Nodada 3 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
AmaZulu missing players
| Cape Town City | AmaZulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 81% |
| 62% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 25% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 19% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 25% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 31% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | 100 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 72 | 148 |
| 60 | 32 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 17 | 41 |
| 33% | 28% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 22% |
- Cape Town City has the most conceded goals (23)
- Cape Town City has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
- Cape Town City have scored more than double the goals of AmaZulu.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Highlands Park | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Polokwane City | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Stellenbosch | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Baroka | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 14 |