This game involves two teams residing in the cellar of the Premier League, Chippa United at 14th place and Marumo Gallants FC lying 11th. A nice chance for one of the sides to upgrade their situation.
- Chippa United have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Chippa United form and stats
Chippa United's results here at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 0 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. Chippa are slowly digging their own grave here at Sisa Dukashe Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Mamelodi Sundowns match.
The Chippa United supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sisa Dukashe Stadium: A 2-3 defeat against Marumo Gallants FC (placed 11th).
In the match before that, Chippa United hosted Real Kings and drew the game 2-2.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 Chippa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.
Chippa United have scored 7 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Chippa United have conceded 11 in these home matches. Chippa United has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Marumo Gallants FC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Gallants, whose manager Malesela could celebrate last time after the win against Chippa United.
We have checked recent matches where Marumo Gallants FC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, one draw and six defeats.
The attacking power of Gallants when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Marumo Gallants FC have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Chippa - Marumo Gallants FC 2-3. Last five meetings featuring these squads: Chippa United won one, Marumo Gallants FC were winners in two and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.Top Goalscorers
  B. Eva Nga 9 goals |   N. Ndlondlo 4 goals |  V. Zulu 2 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Marumo Gallants FC missing players
| Chippa United | Marumo Gallants FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 26 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 74% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 47% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 37% |
| 30% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 37% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 37% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 53% |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| 4.6 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 43% | 70% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
- Chippa United have the fewest points (7) at home in Premier League
- Chippa United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Chippa United have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Premier League
- Chippa United have yet to win a game at 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 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Kings | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Stellenbosch | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Sekhukhune United | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | SuperSport United | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -12 | 15 |
| 16 | Baroka | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
