Betting preview: Golden Arrows vs Free State Stars should be interesting

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium (6500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Golden Arrows are in the 10th position while the guests worry at 12th.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League.

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Golden Arrows form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Golden Arrows have to build on here at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium.

Golden Arrows drew their last game, 1-1 away at Kaizer Chiefs. Preceding that match was a Nedbank Cup defeat to TS Galaxy (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Golden Arrows have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 2.

Golden Arrows has scored 13 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Golden Arrows have conceded 13 goals.

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Free State Stars form and stats

There's been little loot from Free State Stars's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games. Free State Stars, who have the most conceded goals (43) in Premier League, only has 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

Free State Stars delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Baroka in their previous match; a Premier League game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Highlands Park that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Free State Stars in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Free State Stars, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Free State Stars have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Free State Stars - Golden Arrows 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Golden Arrows victories, 2 draws and 4 Free State Stars wins.

Top Goalscorers

K. Mutizwa
6 goals / 2 assists
H. Tchilimbou
6 goals
L. Lamola
5 goals / 2 assists

Golden Arrows missing players

Free State Stars missing players

Golden Arrows Free State Stars
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 13 5 Played 3 13 27
7 5 2 Won 1 2 6
12 3 2 Drew 1 3 8
8 5 1 Lost 1 8 13
25 13 5 Scored 4 10 29
27 13 3 Conceded 4 23 43
89% 92% 80% Over 0.5 100% 92% 96%
70% 62% 60% Over 1.5 67% 69% 78%
22% 31% 20% Over 2.5 33% 54% 52%
7% 8% 0% Over 3.5 33% 23% 30%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 33% 15% 11%
52% 46% 40% BTTS 67% 54% 59%
30% 31% 60% Clean Sheets 0% 8% 11%
30% 31% 60% Failed To Score 33% 46% 33%
 
4.2 4 4.2 Corners For (avg) 5 4.5 5.7
5.3 4.9 5.4 Corners Against (avg) 4 4.9 4.1
1.7 2.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.2 2
2 2 1 Red Cards 1 3 5

Golden Arrows
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
09-03-19 PL Polokwane City 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
13-03-19 PL Baroka 0 - 1 Golden Arrows
30-03-19 NC Bloemfontein Celtic 1 - 2 Golden Arrows
06-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 0 Cape Town City
14-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 1 AmaZulu
20-04-19 NC Golden Arrows 1 - 1 TS Galaxy
23-04-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 1 - 1 Golden Arrows
28-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Free State Stars
07-05-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 17:30 Golden Arrows
11-05-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Bidvest Wits
Free State Stars
All CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-03-19 PL Free State Stars 2 - 2 Black Leopards
06-03-19 PL Free State Stars 1 - 1 Polokwane City
10-03-19 PL SuperSport United 1 - 0 Free State Stars
16-03-19 PL Free State Stars 4 - 1 AmaZulu
13-04-19 PL Orlando Pirates 2 - 1 Free State Stars
17-04-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 1 Free State Stars
24-04-19 PL Free State Stars 2 - 2 Baroka
28-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Free State Stars
04-05-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 13:00 Free State Stars
11-05-19 PL Free State Stars 13:00 Mamelodi Sundowns

  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 Orlando Pirates 28 14 11 3 39 22 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 17 53
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 27 13 11 3 35 23 14 5 7 2 16 12 13 8 4 1 19 11 12 50
3 Bidvest Wits 27 14 5 8 40 27 14 6 2 6 19 14 13 8 3 2 21 13 13 47
4 SuperSport United 27 12 7 8 27 23 13 7 3 3 16 9 14 5 4 5 11 14 4 43
5 Cape Town City 26 11 8 7 40 32 14 7 5 2 26 16 12 4 3 5 14 16 8 41
6 Polokwane City 27 10 11 6 35 29 14 6 4 4 22 18 13 4 7 2 13 11 6 41
7 Kaizer Chiefs 27 9 11 7 32 26 14 5 4 5 14 14 13 4 7 2 18 12 6 38
8 Highlands Park 27 7 14 6 32 30 13 6 5 2 19 14 14 1 9 4 13 16 2 35
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 26 9 7 10 31 32 12 4 3 5 14 13 14 5 4 5 17 19 -1 34
10 Golden Arrows 27 7 12 8 25 27 13 5 3 5 13 13 14 2 9 3 12 14 -2 33
11 AmaZulu 27 10 6 11 31 36 14 7 5 2 19 9 13 3 1 9 12 27 -5 30
12 Free State Stars 27 6 8 13 29 43 14 4 5 5 19 20 13 2 3 8 10 23 -14 26
13 Black Leopards 26 6 8 12 26 41 12 5 4 3 14 10 14 1 4 9 12 31 -15 26
14 Baroka 27 5 10 12 24 33 13 1 6 6 12 18 14 4 4 6 12 15 -9 25
15 Chippa United 27 5 9 13 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 12 14 2 5 7 13 20 -9 24
16 Maritzburg United 27 4 8 15 16 29 14 3 6 5 12 14 13 1 2 10 4 15 -13 20

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