Golden Arrows will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Cape Town City.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Cape Town City when visiting Golden Arrows as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.
Golden Arrows form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Golden Arrows has to build on here at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Golden Arrows, their manager S. Komphela and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.Happy days for Golden Arrows in their previous game, a Nedbank Cup match away at Bloemfontein Celtic that ended with a 2-1 victory. A strong away win before that one, visiting Baroka and winning 1-0.
Golden Arrows are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 11 goals in 11 matches. On the other hand, Golden Arrows have conceded 12 goals.
Cape Town City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.Cape Town City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Kaizer Chiefs. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Polokwane City in the Premier League.
Cape Town City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures. 15 goals have been conceded by Cape Town City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Golden Arrows and Cape Town City have met before this season: Cape Town City - Golden Arrows 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Golden Arrows won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Cape Town City has 5 wins.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mthembu 7 goals / 1 assists |   K. Mutizwa 6 goals / 1 assists |  L. Lamola 4 goals / 2 assists |
Golden Arrows missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Playername | Goals | Assist | Starts | % Started |
|---|
| Golden Arrows | Cape Town City | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | Played | 11 | 24 |
| 22 | 11 | Scored | 14 | 39 |
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | 15 | 30 |
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 88% |
| 71% | 64% | Over 1.5 | 64% | 75% |
| 25% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 55% | 58% |
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | 36% | 42% |
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | 18% | 25% |
| 50% | 45% | Both teams to score | 55% | 54% |
| 29% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 33% |
| 33% | 36% | Failed To Score | 27% | 25% |
- Golden Arrows is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 3 | Bidvest Wits | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | SuperSport United | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Kaizer Chiefs | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Highlands Park | 24 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | AmaZulu | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Black Leopards | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -9 | 25 |
| 13 | Free State Stars | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 24 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Baroka | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
