Season ticket holders at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Chippa United languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Highlands Park will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Chippa and Highlands Park.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Highlands Park, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Chippa are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Highlands are struggling to avoid relegation.
Chippa United form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Chippa United, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premier League, are 3-6-4 (wins-draw-losses).
Chippa haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 222 minutes ago. R. Gamildien scored that one.
The Chippa United fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Cape Town City (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Bidvest Wits that finished 0-0.
Chippa are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Baroka awaits in four days.
Chippa aren't scoring a lot here at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 13 games. Chippa United have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Highlands Park form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Highlands Park so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Highlands's last game was the home draw against Mamelodi Sundowns (1-1). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Mamelodi Sundowns (after extra-time).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Highlands manager O. Da Gama as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Polokwane City.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Highlands rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Highlands Park - Chippa United 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Chippa victory, one draw and three Highlands Park wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 12 goals |  W. Twala 4 goals | A. Chidi Kwem 3 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Highlands Park missing players
| Chippa United | Highlands Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 32 |
| 76% | 62% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 92% |
| 52% | 31% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 80% |
| 28% | 15% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 42% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 24% | 15% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 52% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 28% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 28% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 190 | 100 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 113 | 279 |
| 55 | 31 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 38 | 93 |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | 29% |
- Chippa United has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- Chippa United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Highlands Park has the fewest matches under the total-line (7)
- Highlands Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Highlands Park | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Baroka | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Polokwane City | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 20 |