Premier League: Cape Town City - Sekhukhune United pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Wed 23.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Athlone Stadium (64100 seats)

Cape Town City are ready to contest Sekhukhune United in this Premier League fixture. Everything you should learn about the game can be found here!

Cape Town City and Sekhukhune United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cape Town City form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Athlone Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Cape Town City last season were 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses from 15 games.

Cape Town City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus SuperSport United.

Preceding that fixture, a home loss in the Mtn 8 Cup against 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 19 games) they have won 12 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cape Town City at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Sekhukhune United form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.

Sekhukhune United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Moroka Swallows proved too strong as Sekhukhune slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans. Sekhukhune United were so close to getting something from the game against Moroka Swallows, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime. Midfielder Webber was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Webber served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

A loss, in the Mtn 8 Cup away at Orlando Pirates, earlier. We have checked recent matches where Sekhukhune United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sekhukhune United has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the last four meetings): Cape won two games, one match ended in a draw and Sekhukhune United have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.

Top Goalscorers

Sekhukhune UnitedC. Ohizu
C. Ohizu
2 goals
Cape Town CityT. Goedeman
T. Goedeman
1 goals
Cape Town CityJ. Cristóvão Paciência
J. Cristóvão Paciência
1 goals

Cape Town City missing players

Sekhukhune United missing players

Cape Town City Sekhukhune United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.7 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6
3.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 8.3
5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 2.3
13% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 57%
 
13 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 12
3.3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 3
Cape Town City Last season Sekhukhune United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 7   Won W   2 10
9 6   Drew D   5 10
9 2   Lost L   8 10
34 18   Scored S   7 24
30 11   Conceded C   18 27
87% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 57%
40% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   13% 13%
13% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 7%
7% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
50% 40%   BTTS BTTS   33% 37%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 40%
27% 33%   Failed to Score F T   53% 33%
 
4.1 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 2.8
3.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.5
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
6 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.9 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 6.8
4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 2.5
29% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 32%
 
9.5 8.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 8.2
3.4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 3.5

  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 4 4 0 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 8 12
2 Polokwane City 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 9
3 SuperSport United 4 2 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 8
4 TS Galaxy 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
5 Stellenbosch 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 6
6 Cape Town City 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
7 Moroka Swallows 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 4 3 0 5
8 Golden Arrows 4 1 2 1 4 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 5
9 Orlando Pirates 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
10 AmaZulu 4 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Sekhukhune United 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Chippa United 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 3
13 Kaizer Chiefs 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
14 Richards Bay 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
15 Real Kings 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -4 1
16 Ajax Cape Town 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -5 0
Last season 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 30 21 7 2 52 13 15 12 2 1 27 5 15 9 5 1 25 8 39 70
2 Orlando Pirates 30 16 6 8 40 21 15 8 4 3 19 10 15 8 2 5 21 11 19 54
3 SuperSport United 30 14 9 7 34 22 15 10 5 0 23 8 15 4 4 7 11 14 12 51
4 Cape Town City 30 12 9 9 34 30 15 7 6 2 18 11 15 5 3 7 16 19 4 45
5 Kaizer Chiefs 30 13 5 12 32 33 15 6 3 6 18 15 15 7 2 6 14 18 -1 44
6 Stellenbosch 30 10 10 10 39 38 15 7 4 4 27 18 15 3 6 6 12 20 1 40
7 Sekhukhune United 30 10 10 10 24 27 15 8 5 2 17 9 15 2 5 8 7 18 -3 40
8 Moroka Swallows 30 11 7 12 26 33 15 7 3 5 18 15 15 4 4 7 8 18 -7 40
9 Golden Arrows 30 10 8 12 32 40 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 3 7 15 23 -8 38
10 TS Galaxy 30 7 14 9 28 22 15 4 6 5 19 10 15 3 8 4 9 12 6 35
11 Real Kings 30 9 8 13 33 43 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 3 4 8 16 29 -10 35
12 AmaZulu 30 7 12 11 29 33 15 5 4 6 18 18 15 2 8 5 11 15 -4 33
13 Richards Bay 30 8 9 13 20 30 15 3 5 7 7 13 15 5 4 6 13 17 -10 33
14 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 29 44 15 3 5 7 11 18 15 4 4 7 18 26 -15 30
15 Maritzburg United 30 7 9 14 24 40 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 7 17 -16 30
16 Tshakhuma 30 5 14 11 27 34 15 4 7 4 13 13 15 1 7 7 14 21 -7 29