An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League, with both Chippa United and Baroka experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 11th place.
- Chippa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Nedbank Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pretoria Callies.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Baroka, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Chippa United form and stats
Chippa United's results here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Chippa are slowly digging their own grave here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Maritzburg United match.
Before that game, the home loss against Mamelodi Sundowns with the scoreline 1-2.
Chippa aren't scoring a lot here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded.
Baroka form and stats
2 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Baroka playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. With three draws in a row for Baroka the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Baroka has drawn their two previous away games.
There were no winners in Baroka's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Kaizer Chiefs (placed 9th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Cape Town City.
The schedule is very tough for Baroka now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Maritzburg United is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Baroka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Baroka have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Baroka - Chippa 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Chippa won four, Baroka won two and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Makgopa 6 goals | R. Mbulu 5 goals |   B. Eva Nga 4 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Baroka missing players
| Chippa United | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 33 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 82% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 30% | 36% |
| 23% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 30% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 55% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 64% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 46% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 50% |
- Chippa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | AmaZulu | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Golden Arrows | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Moroka Swallows | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | SuperSport United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Kaizer Chiefs | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Baroka | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 13 |