Golden Arrows hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 33 points and a 11th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Cape Town City holds 7th place with 36 pts.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cape Town City, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
Golden are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Cape is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Golden Arrows form and stats
Golden Arrows have played 13 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Golden Arrows lost their last game at Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Golden Arrows lost 1-2 at home to Black Leopards.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Bloemfontein Celtic in only four days. This game is also played here at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium.
The Golden fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 13 matches. Golden have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cape Town City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cape Town City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-6 (win-draw-lose).
Cape won their last game, 1-0 versus Orlando Pirates played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Stellenbosch's place.
A heroic performance from Cape Town City in their game against Orlando Pirates last time out. Things got complicated when M. Makola was sent off in the 33rd minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cape Town City manager J. Olde Riekerink as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Highlands Park.
Cape are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Cape have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Golden - Cape Town City 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Golden Arrows victories, three draws and three Cape Town City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Erasmus 12 goals |  K. Mutizwa 11 goals | A. Ralani 5 goals |
Golden Arrows missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Golden Arrows | Cape Town City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 35 |
| 30 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 56% | 54% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 77% | 63% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 54% | 41% |
| 11% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 26% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| 44% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 62% | 48% |
| 30% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 15% | 33% |
| 41% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 173 | 80 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 139 | 282 |
| 64 | 33 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 43 | 95 |
| 34% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 35% | 37% |
- Cape Town City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Golden Arrows has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Golden Arrows has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Golden Arrows is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 53 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 53 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 46 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 41 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Stellenbosch | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 35 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Highlands Park | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Golden Arrows | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 26 |
| 14 | Baroka | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 24 |