Premier League match preview: Golden Arrows versus Bidvest Wits

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Thu 12.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (12000 seats)

Golden Arrows perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Bidvest Wits can look both up and down from their 9th position.

The visiting Bidvest Wits played their last game only four days ago, a CAF Confederations Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Djoliba. 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.

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Golden Arrows form and stats

14 points is a decent return from 6 Premier League games here at Princess Magogo Stadium for Golden Arrows. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

In their previous game, the manager S. Komphela led his Golden Arrows to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Black Leopards. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Princess Magogo Stadium. In the game before, an away victory match versus Baroka with a 1-0 scoreline.

A decent goal production from Golden Arrows in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Golden Arrows have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Bidvest Wits form and stats

3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bidvest Wits in their Premier League matches away. Bidvest Wits has drawn their two previous away games.

Bidvest Wits play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Djoliba. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Horoya.

The travelling fans enjoy Bidvest Wits's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Bidvest Wits are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Golden Arrows victory, 3 draws and 6 Bidvest Wits wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Golden ArrowsK. Mutizwa
K. Mutizwa
7 goals
Bidvest WitsD. Hotto
D. Hotto
3 goals
Golden ArrowsN. Sibiya
N. Sibiya
2 goals

Golden Arrows missing players

Bidvest Wits missing players

Golden Arrows Bidvest Wits
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 0 4 8
5 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
14 11 1 Scored S 0 6 12
17 7 0 Conceded C 0 1 7
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
69% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
46% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
54% 83% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
31% 17% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 75% 38%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.9 3.8 1 Corners For (avg) C F 0 5 5.2
5.5 5.7 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4 4.6
2.2 2.2 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
94 42 3 Total Shots T S 0 37 95
33 17 1 Shots on Target S O 0 12 30
42% 65% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
  • Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Bidvest Wits have not yet lost a game away.
  • Bidvest Wits have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Bidvest Wits have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Bidvest Wits haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Golden Arrows has the most conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Golden Arrows have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Golden Arrows have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Golden Arrows have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Golden Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Kaizer Chiefs 13 11 1 1 28 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 6 6 0 0 15 3 18 34
2 SuperSport United 14 6 6 2 20 13 7 3 4 0 12 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 24
3 Mamelodi Sundowns 11 6 3 2 14 10 6 4 1 1 7 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 21
4 Golden Arrows 13 5 5 3 14 17 6 4 2 0 11 7 7 1 3 3 3 10 -3 20
5 Bloemfontein Celtic 13 4 5 4 19 16 6 3 2 1 12 5 7 1 3 3 7 11 3 17
6 Orlando Pirates 13 4 5 4 19 20 6 3 3 0 11 7 7 1 2 4 8 13 -1 17
7 Highlands Park 14 4 5 5 14 15 6 3 1 2 9 6 8 1 4 3 5 9 -1 17
8 Maritzburg United 13 4 5 4 8 9 6 2 2 2 5 6 7 2 3 2 3 3 -1 17
9 Bidvest Wits 8 5 1 2 12 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 16
10 Black Leopards 13 4 4 5 12 16 8 3 2 3 7 8 5 1 2 2 5 8 -4 16
11 Chippa United 14 3 5 6 9 11 8 1 5 2 4 4 6 2 0 4 5 7 -2 14
12 Baroka 14 3 5 6 9 12 8 0 4 4 5 10 6 3 1 2 4 2 -3 14
13 Cape Town City 14 2 7 5 19 21 7 2 2 3 8 8 7 0 5 2 11 13 -2 13
14 Polokwane City 14 4 1 9 12 19 7 2 0 5 4 7 7 2 1 4 8 12 -7 13
15 AmaZulu 14 3 4 7 7 14 7 2 2 3 4 8 7 1 2 4 3 6 -7 13
16 Stellenbosch 13 2 6 5 10 16 5 1 3 1 3 6 8 1 3 4 7 10 -6 12