Cape Town City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been back-breaking up to now with 13 points and a 13th place in the Premier League table. Opponents Royal AM have 8th place with 16 pts.
- Royal AM have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
These teams have little in common geographically as Royal AM have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cape Town City form and stats
The total Premier League statistics playing at home this season for Cape Town City are 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The followers hope that Cape Town City will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the CAF Confederations Cup fixture against USM Alger.
A 0-0 scoreline against USM Alger before that one, played at home in the CAF Confederations Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Cape Town City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cape as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Cape Town City has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cape Town City, as the Premier League home game vs SuperSport United is only four days away.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cape Town City here at Al-Nidal Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). From these home matches, Cape Town City have conceded only 4 goals.
Royal AM form and stats
Playing away, Royal AM have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Royal have lost on their last two travels.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a CAF Confederations Cup home loss versus TP Mazembe with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A loss, in the CAF Confederations Cup away at TP Mazembe, before that. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Royal AM playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Royal AM wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Royal are hosting TS Galaxy in the Premier League only four days away.
Royal AM find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Cape Town City-Royal AM H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cape Town City one win, Royal AM one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 4 goals | D. González Mendoza 3 goals |  M. Thikazi 3 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Royal AM missing players
| Cape Town City | Royal AM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 17% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.8 | 8.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 24% | 20% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 31% |
| 7.2 | 7.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.8 | 8.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- All of Royal AM's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Royal AM have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Royal AM have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Royal AM have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Premier League
- Royal AM have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Royal AM have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Royal AM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Chippa United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Royal AM | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Sekhukhune United | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -13 | 11 |
