Season ticket holders at Cape Town Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cape Town City languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Polokwane City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Polokwane City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Cape Town City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Cape Town City, who have the most conceded goals (15) in Premier League, have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
The Cape Town City fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Cape Town Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Maritzburg United (placed 9th). The points were shared before that, a League Cup home game that ended 1-1 versus Kaizer Chiefs.
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.
Cape Town City are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Black Leopards awaits in four days.
Cape Town City aren't scoring a lot here at Cape Town Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Cape Town City have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Polokwane City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. With the Polokwane City losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Polokwane City are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Two away games in a row for Polokwane City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Golden Arrows in the Premier League. A 0-1 defeat away at Golden Arrows before that.
Polokwane City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Baroka in just three days.
The attacking power of Polokwane City when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Polokwane City as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Cape Town City wins - draws - Polokwane City wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Anas
8 goals
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S. Mthembu
6 goals
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Cape Town City missing players
Polokwane City missing players
| Cape Town City | Polokwane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 89% |
| 78% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 6 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| 2.3 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Cape Town City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Polokwane City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Polokwane City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Kaizer Chiefs | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Bidvest Wits | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Highlands Park | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | SuperSport United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 8 | Orlando Pirates | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Maritzburg United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Black Leopards | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Baroka | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |