An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Cape Town City and Black Leopards experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 14th place.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cape Town City form and stats
4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Cape Town City so far this season.
A nice win for Cape Town City last time playing, versus Bidvest Wits. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with K. Erasmus and C. Martin scoring for the victors. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Kaizer Chiefs.
The Cape Town City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Cape Town City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Black Leopards form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Black Leopards so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Black Leopards as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the SuperSport United match.
Black Leopards's last game was the home draw against Kaizer Chiefs (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bloemfontein Celtic wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.
Black Leopards are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Black Leopards, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Black Leopards - Cape Town City 2-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 1 - 0 - 2 (Cape Town City wins - draws - Black Leopards wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Erasmus 8 goals |  L. Kapinga 5 goals |  M. Musonda 4 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Black Leopards missing players
| Cape Town City | Black Leopards | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 24 | 13 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 28 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 68% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 72% |
| 47% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 26% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 16% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 53% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 61% |
| 26% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 222 | 119 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 82 | 174 |
| 71 | 39 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 31 | 62 |
| 34% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 29% |
- Black Leopards has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Black Leopards has the most conceded goals in the first half (19)
- Black Leopards have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Black Leopards have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Black Leopards haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Black Leopards is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 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 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 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 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Cape Town City | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 13 | Baroka | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 16 |