The hosting team, Cape Town City, should be favourites in this fixture, but Golden Arrows have revealed both smartness and mettle. Learn more about the game!
- Cape Town City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
- Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Cape Town City can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Golden are struggling to avoid relegation.
These teams have little in common geographically as Golden Arrows have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cape Town City form and stats
Cape Town City have collected 24 points from their Premier League home games so far after 6-6-2. Three draws in a row here at Cape Town Stadium for Cape Town City, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw versus Golden Arrows last time out and are looking for a win here.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Real Kings with a 2-1 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cape have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 12 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.
The Cape Town City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Cape Town City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Cape Town Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Golden Arrows form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cape Town City (placed 5th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Stellenbosch's place.Golden Arrows are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Golden find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Golden Arrows's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Cape Town City have avoided a loss in the last 8 matches (4-4-0) against Golden Arrows.Cape Town City and Golden Arrows have met earlier this season: Cape Town City - Golden Arrows 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 10 goals | D. González Mendoza 6 goals |  P. Mmodi 6 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Golden Arrows missing players
| Cape Town City | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 30 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 40 |
| 86% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 89% |
| 68% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 71% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 54% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 32% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 29% |
| 29% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
| 28% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 45% | 34% |
| 9.1 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.9 | 9.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
- Cape Town City have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Premier League
- Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 37 | 66 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Cape Town City | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 7 | Sekhukhune United | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -9 | 34 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -9 | 34 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 34 |
| 11 | AmaZulu | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 28 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | Richards Bay | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 32 |
| 14 | Marumo Gallants FC | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 26 |
