Cape Town City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 11th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Highlands Park holds 6th place with 16 pts.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cape Town City form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Cape Town City, who have the most conceded goals (20) in Premier League, are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Cape Town City drew their last game, 0-0 away at Bloemfontein Celtic (placed 8th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Black Leopards (1-2).
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 Town City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 4.
A decent goal production from Cape Town City in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Cape Town City have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Highlands Park form and stats
There's been little loot from Highlands Park's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Highlands Park only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
Highlands Park's last game was the home draw against Bidvest Wits (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stellenbosch that ended 0-0.
Highlands Park 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, 1 draw and 0 defeats. From a total of three matches.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Highlands Park in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between the teams: Cape Town City won 2, Highlands Park won 1 and 2 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Erasmus 7 goals |   P. Shalulile 7 goals |  T. Nodada 3 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Highlands Park missing players
| Cape Town City | Highlands Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 92% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| 58% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 129 | 62 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 66 | 138 |
| 44 | 19 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 25 | 48 |
| 43% | 42% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 20% | 29% |
- Cape Town City has the most conceded goals (20)
- Cape Town City has the most conceded goals in the first half (11)
- Cape Town City has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
- Cape Town City has the most matches over the total-line (8)
- Cape Town City has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
- Cape Town City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Highlands Park has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 20 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Highlands Park | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Maritzburg United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Baroka | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |