Struggling Cape Town City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bidvest Wits in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cape Town City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Cape Town City, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Premier League, at their home stadium (Cape Town Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Cape Town City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Kaizer Chiefs (placed 1st). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus AmaZulu.
Cape Town City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Cape Town City have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Bidvest Wits form and stats
Bidvest Wits have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.
345 minutes! That's how long the Bidvest Wits goalkeeper Ricardo Goss and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Bidvest Wits play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Al-Nasr. Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Mamelodi Sundowns that ended 0-0.
Bidvest Wits are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Bidvest Wits are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Cape Town City and Bidvest Wits have met before this season: Bidvest Wits - Cape Town City 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cape Town City won 6, Bidvest Wits won 3 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Erasmus 7 goals |   D. Hotto 4 goals |  G. Motupa 4 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Bidvest Wits missing players
| Cape Town City | Bidvest Wits | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 67% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 43% | 54% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 14% | 23% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 86% | 54% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 213 | 110 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 55 | 146 |
| 68 | 36 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 18 | 48 |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 86% | 50% | 38% |
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Bidvest Wits have not yet lost a game away.
- Bidvest Wits have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cape Town City has the most conceded goals (28)
- Cape Town City has the most dropped points from leading position (13)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Baroka | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 16 |