A brief glance at the Premier League table suggest an upper hand to Cape Town City when they travel to Chippa United. Yet; let's play the game before points are handed out!
- Chippa United have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Cape Town City is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
The visiting Cape Town City played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match. That game was also an away game, at Kaizer Chiefs. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Chippa United form and stats
Chippa United's struggle is real here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium with only 10 points collected from 12 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-7-4.
The Chippa United goalkeeper Lloyd Junior Kazapua is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 181 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
The home team returns to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium after drawing with Orlando Pirates (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stellenbosch in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Chippa, as the Premier League home game vs Baroka is only three days away.
Chippa United aren't scoring a lot here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. Chippa United have conceded 14 in these home matches. When Chippa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like TS Galaxy, Moroka Swallows, Maritzburg United, Tshakhuma and Baroka), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Cape Town City form and stats
4-6-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cape Town City in their Premier League matches away. Things are running smoothly for Cape Town City who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against SuperSport United.
Cape Town City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Kaizer Chiefs (placed 5th).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Mamelodi Sundowns.A quick return to home after this game, as Cape Town City are hosting TS Galaxy in the Premier League only three days away.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Cape as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cape Town City - Chippa United 1-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last H2H match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Chippa wins - draws - Cape Town City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Eva Nga 10 goals |   M. Mdantsane 8 goals | C. Martin 4 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Chippa United | Cape Town City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 31 | 14 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 73% | 58% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 40% | 62% | 69% |
| 54% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 38% | 50% |
| 38% | 42% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 38% |
| 27% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 42% |
| 42% | 50% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 54% | 46% |
| 42% | 42% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 54% | 42% |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 4.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 47% | 69% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | 41% |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
- Cape Town City is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League
- Chippa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chippa United have the fewest points (10) at home in Premier League
- Chippa United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
- Chippa United have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Premier League
- Chippa United have won significantly more corners at 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 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Royal AM | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Cape Town City | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | SuperSport United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Sekhukhune United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Tshakhuma | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 26 |
| 14 | Maritzburg United | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Baroka | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 29 | -20 | 18 |
