Soccer match preview: Kaizer Chiefs confident before travelling to Golden Arrows

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: First National Bank Stadium (94736 seats)

Golden Arrows will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Kaizer Chiefs.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Golden Arrows form and stats

Golden Arrows have performed here at First National Bank Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

An away draw last time out for Golden Arrows, facing Polokwane City in a game that ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Baroka.

Golden Arrows have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at First National Bank Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches. Golden Arrows have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Kaizer Chiefs form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (37) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.

Kaizer Chiefs has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Black Leopards for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Cape Town City.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Kaizer Chiefs are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Kaizer Chiefs - Golden Arrows 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Golden Arrows-Kaizer Chiefs H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Golden Arrows 2 wins, Kaizer Chiefs 5 wins, 3 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Kaizer ChiefsS. Nurkovic
S. Nurkovic
10 goals
Golden ArrowsK. Mutizwa
K. Mutizwa
8 goals
Kaizer ChiefsD. Castro Cortés
D. Castro Cortés
7 goals

Golden Arrows missing players

Kaizer Chiefs missing players

Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 9 18
6 5 1 Won W 2 6 13
6 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
6 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
17 12 3 Scored S 6 18 37
23 8 3 Conceded C 3 7 14
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
39% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 44%
17% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 22%
11% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 17%
50% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 44%
28% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 50%
33% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
5.2 4.6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.7 5.3
5.3 5.9 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 5.8
2.3 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
132 56 17 Total Shots T S 34 133 234
42 19 4 Shots on Target S O 10 41 82
40% 63% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 44% 45%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Kaizer Chiefs's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Golden Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most points (20) away
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most scored goals (18) away
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most scored goals (37)
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the the best goal difference (+11) away
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the the best goal difference (+23)
  • Kaizer Chiefs have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kaizer Chiefs have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Kaizer Chiefs have scored more than double the goals of Golden Arrows.
  • Kaizer Chiefs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 13 3 2 37 14 9 7 1 1 19 7 9 6 2 1 18 7 23 42
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 18 10 5 3 24 14 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 4 3 2 13 9 10 35
3 SuperSport United 19 8 7 4 27 19 10 4 5 1 17 11 9 4 2 3 10 8 8 31
4 Bidvest Wits 15 9 3 3 21 12 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 2 1 9 3 9 30
5 Orlando Pirates 18 8 6 4 31 24 9 6 3 0 18 9 9 2 3 4 13 15 7 30
6 Maritzburg United 18 6 8 4 14 13 9 4 3 2 9 8 9 2 5 2 5 5 1 26
7 Bloemfontein Celtic 19 6 7 6 30 26 10 4 4 2 19 11 9 2 3 4 11 15 4 25
8 Golden Arrows 18 6 6 6 17 23 8 5 2 1 12 8 10 1 4 5 5 15 -6 24
9 Highlands Park 19 6 5 8 20 26 9 5 1 3 14 11 10 1 4 5 6 15 -6 23
10 Chippa United 19 5 7 7 13 15 10 2 6 2 5 4 9 3 1 5 8 11 -2 22
11 Stellenbosch 19 5 6 8 18 24 8 2 3 3 5 10 11 3 3 5 13 14 -6 21
12 Cape Town City 19 4 8 7 24 28 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 0 5 4 11 18 -4 20
13 Baroka 19 4 5 10 10 16 10 1 4 5 6 11 9 3 1 5 4 5 -6 17
14 Black Leopards 18 4 5 9 18 28 10 3 3 4 9 11 8 1 2 5 9 17 -10 17
15 Polokwane City 19 5 2 12 16 26 10 3 1 6 8 12 9 2 1 6 8 14 -10 17
16 AmaZulu 19 4 5 10 11 23 9 2 2 5 4 13 10 2 3 5 7 10 -12 17