This could be an interesting match as Cape Town City have their presumed home advantage while Mamelodi Sundowns are ahead 16 points in the Premier League table.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Mamelodi Sundowns, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Cape Town City form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cape Town City have to build on here at Cape Town Stadium in the Premier League. There’s a good atmosphere here at Cape Town Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Cape Town City goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 196 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
Happy days for Cape in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Chippa United (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Cape Town City won a home game hosting Bloemfontein Celtic (2-0).
The manager J. Olde Riekerink will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Stellenbosch in only three days.
The Cape fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. From these home matches, Cape Town City have conceded only 10 goals.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
5-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mamelodi Sundowns in their Premier League matches away.
Mamelodi Sundowns are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Highlands Park (placed 7th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Orlando Pirates.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Mamelodi manager P. Mosimane as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Maritzburg United.
Mamelodi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Mamelodi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Mamelodi Sundowns - Cape 1-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cape Town City five wins, one draw and Mamelodi Sundowns four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Erasmus 10 goals |  T. Zwane 9 goals | T. Nodada 5 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Cape Town City | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 32 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 65% |
| 42% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 39% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 4% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 48% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 261 | 132 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 116 | 301 |
| 87 | 48 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 35 | 94 |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 43% | 33% |
- Cape Town City has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (16)
- Mamelodi Sundowns have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Mamelodi Sundowns is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Highlands Park | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Baroka | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Polokwane City | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 20 |